125 FOWLR tank withOUT a sump !

I had one in my old appartment with an fx5 on it for about a year and didnt hit any trouble. I also seemed able to chince out on the live rock I only had 25 lbs of it ! LMFAO

I intend on making my BRAND NEW 125 gallon a FOWLR tank (Had to sell all my tanks except the 180 fresh in the move).

It will have just T8 Lighting and no sump (I usually hide the heater behind the rocks.

Any pointers on how to manage this tank would be awsome ! I had a lion fish, a ribbon eel and a panther grouper in my old tank the stock will be similar.

My biggest question is are sumps needed to run a long term salt tank ? If so my tank is not drilled (blah) Should I pick up and over flow box and a be built sump or can it run fine off and fx5 ?

hmmm, If I went the rout of the sump would a basic fresh water sump with a skimmer work on it ?

Countryboy said:

I've read that with salt a sump is the way to go. Reason being that canisters are a nitrate factory and would have to be cleaned weekly.


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even with the bb built up it would pump out nitrates ?

Would hang on backs work better then a canister ?