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Filter ideas for new 60 G.
- Thread starter old salty
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BTW I don't suggest canister filters for salt water tanks.
I have seen them work on FOWLER tanks, but not often.
Here is my sump/refugium with skimmer.
More or less your basic setup.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/jrwcorals/sumpandskimmer.jpg[/img]]
functioning ...cheato growing
Another thing if your able to put a sump in a basement or behing the tank in another room/closet/crawlspace then you will have several advantages.
1) greater space.
2) possibly cooler temps(basement/crawlspace)
3) quieter....pumps in other room
Mine is under the tank but think if I had it to do again I would run it into the crawlspace.
Now I still have utilized the concept with my ATO.
Sump/refugium is good because it adds total water volume(harder to mess it up fast), increased biological filtration.
Finally I will try to include a link but there are other folks who make custom sumps...but this is where I got mine done link seems to be down at the moment.
http://www.theaquariumgroup.net/shopping.asp?key=&pg=2&id=459793&saleid=&shopperid=113190&merchantid=459793&catid=1901&shop=itemlist.asp
I have seen them work on FOWLER tanks, but not often.
Here is my sump/refugium with skimmer.
More or less your basic setup.
http://i241.photobucket.com/albums/ff243/jrwcorals/sumpandskimmer.jpg[/img]]
functioning ...cheato growing
Another thing if your able to put a sump in a basement or behing the tank in another room/closet/crawlspace then you will have several advantages.
1) greater space.
2) possibly cooler temps(basement/crawlspace)
3) quieter....pumps in other room
Mine is under the tank but think if I had it to do again I would run it into the crawlspace.
Now I still have utilized the concept with my ATO.
Sump/refugium is good because it adds total water volume(harder to mess it up fast), increased biological filtration.
Finally I will try to include a link but there are other folks who make custom sumps...but this is where I got mine done link seems to be down at the moment.
http://www.theaquariumgroup.net/shopping.asp?key=&pg=2&id=459793&saleid=&shopperid=113190&merchantid=459793&catid=1901&shop=itemlist.asp