Sump Idea

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andy1985

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ok the first pic is were the water enters the sump and second the last camber is where the pump will be i was thinking of having plants in one of the compartments, have bio balls in the other what would you recomend and the glas between the second and the end is higher then the end glass. i was wondering if i could do some sort of drip thing on the front camber where the water enters the sump?
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plants will need lighting too, if you go with pothos, they don't need lot of room, but they do like their roots in moving water. I have some dracena in pots, they are doing OK, they are really working on their root structure right now hopefully they start growing up and sprouting soon.

Depending on what you are stocking you may be better off with more area for bio. Not to mention the sponges under bio media are going to be tough to get to. Would be easier to add filter sock first to help with the mechanical filtration first.
 
Thanks the advice i can't really add any more glass dividers would it be good idea to put the sponges before the Bio Balls the sump is quite wide 24".
 
yeah definately before the bio balls - the sponges stop all the heavy stuff getting to the bio media
 
yeah id get some bio rings - not sure which company does the best rings there is a whole thread arguing over that but if i remember right iquatics do a bulk deal. worth checking out. when my 320gal arrives in 6 weeks ill be doing a 6ft sump with it and filling 2/5 chambers with bio rings...
 
To me it looks like your bioballs are going to be submerged... Bioballs are great for use in Air with water trickling over them... not so great for submerged applications. I would pull all the bio balls and use just ceramic bio rings instead. I would fill the BioBalls compartment with filter floss... cheap, easy to get to, easy to change! Put the egg crate on top of the filter floss to keep it from floating.

I too think that Pothos plants are much better at filtering applications than aqueous plants! Dead plant material (My Pothos hardly ever have dead leaves) can be removed before they go back into the water system and end up as Nitrates. The Pothos just sit there and continually grow to what ever space is available... they are the most maintenance free filtering device I have ever seen!
 
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