Fx5 and sump

[davenmandy]

I'm buying a tank with a fairly weak sump proportionally so I wanted to beef it up with the fx5 from my old tank. I know not to try to match it with my output pump, but would there be any benefit to run it in and out of the sump itself as there not much room being taken up by media and such? Or would I be better off running it on my main aquarium along side the sump. Is either possible and which is better (probably running it on the sump if possible).

Thanks.


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[dhardwick]

My 120 has a corner overflow I put my intake for my xp4 in the overflow and the spray bar high in the tank so you dont really notice it also have a sump on out works really well

 

[davenmandy]

Don't have a corner overflow, what so you think of my two options? Filter the tank or filter the sump? Pros for tank is more gph water flow, and pros for sump is it had a smaller body of water to filter.


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[DIDYSIS]

Just run them separate. That's how I have my 120. A sump with with a filter sock and what and then a fx5 setup just like a normal tank for added filtration. Works great.

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[DIDYSIS]

here is the top so you can see how I have it. Kinda hard to see but overflow is in the middle of the tank.







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[davenmandy]

thanks man, so obviously i know i can do that without any issue thanks to didysis, but what do you guys think, would there be greater benefit to filtering the water in my 90 gallon sump as it goes in through the fx5? aka i have teh sump running like normal, water overflows into the 90 gallon, and when its in there filter it through the fx5 and back into the sump and then out through the bioballs with the sumps output pump then back into the tank? because putting the fx5 just on my tank seems to me that it would act as seprate filtration, which is great, but would it be more efficient to make it work as part of the sump if possible?

 

[davenmandy]

any ideas? because i just realized with the way my tank is braced i likely wont be able to rig the fx5 directly to the tank, but if i were to just let it filter the sump i could easily do that, any downfalls with that? will it screw up the output of the sump?

 

[boldtogether]

thanks man, so obviously i know i can do that without any issue thanks to didysis, but what do you guys think, would there be greater benefit to filtering the water in my 90 gallon sump as it goes in through the fx5? aka i have teh sump running like normal, water overflows into the 90 gallon, and when its in there filter it through the fx5 and back into the sump and then out through the bioballs with the sumps output pump then back into the tank? because putting the fx5 just on my tank seems to me that it would act as seprate filtration, which is great, but would it be more efficient to make it work as part of the sump if possible?

I have been running an Eheim 2250 filled with nothing but media for my 210g. No filter pads or anything. The reason: The sump is utilizing two 16"x7" filter socks under 3" of reticulated filter foam. The water in the sump is clear by this point and no need to filter mechanically. The return pumps are returning a combined flow of 1600gph from the sump. The 2250 is fed by a 300gph pump. Basically, the biomedia is being fed a "sampling" of the flow through the sump. The cool thing is, when the main returns are off for water changes, the Eheim is still running circulating water throughout the sump and keeping the bio media happy.
Thats how mine works. It has been a rock solid set-up for several years. What you want to do is a good idea. My 2250 is fed with an Eheim submersible via bulkheads...no priming required.