I have this 40 gallon long sump connected to my 40 breeder. The sump was once a trickle filter, but I've removed all the media from it. It has a nice center refugium section. I've attached a pic. What do I need to do to it or have in it.
You can see in the pic where the drip plate is. A small eheim pump was connected to where the black square/dot is to recirculate water through it. The feed from the tank didn't connect there. It evidently dumped into one of the other sections.
I'm confused on if I should bother with the drip plate at all since I don't have bio-balls in it any longer.
Do I need any kind of pre-filter after the end the water is dumped in so that the pump doesn't suck up debris?
Which end should the pump be on returning water to the tank?
I have a 30" stand-alone venturi skimmer. Should I put this in the sump or just pump water to it and have it return to the sump?
The arrows point to where there's a piece of egg-crate under the glass divider.
You can see in the pic where the drip plate is. A small eheim pump was connected to where the black square/dot is to recirculate water through it. The feed from the tank didn't connect there. It evidently dumped into one of the other sections.
I'm confused on if I should bother with the drip plate at all since I don't have bio-balls in it any longer.
Do I need any kind of pre-filter after the end the water is dumped in so that the pump doesn't suck up debris?
Which end should the pump be on returning water to the tank?
I have a 30" stand-alone venturi skimmer. Should I put this in the sump or just pump water to it and have it return to the sump?
The arrows point to where there's a piece of egg-crate under the glass divider.
