To sump or not to sump...

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claude3rd

claude3rd

Jack Dempsey
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Fellow MFKer's I need your wisdom. I have a 180g reef ready tank that I am in the process of setting up. I needed to rip out the overflows in order to clean them... yes they were that filthy and the person I bought the tank from siliconed in the bulkheads. I have a FX5 and 2 Emp 400's. I only plan on having 2 Oscars, 4 or 5 geos and maybe 2 catfish. The question is should I lose the Emps and go with a sump (cant' have both) or do I have enough filtration for my stock?
 
I have a feeling that the general consensus here is going to be that the filtration you have should at least be adequate, but obviously a sump would be better.
 
A sump will give you more flexibility in the future plus your overflows would be a waste of space in the tank.
 
True... but there already out of the tank, and drsfostersmith.com has the Fx5 for 239.00. I could get another one and have 2!!!!!!! But I should just suck it up and put the overflows back in...
 
claude3rd said:
True... but there already out of the tank, and drsfostersmith.com has the Fx5 for 239.00. I could get another one and have 2!!!!!!! But I should just suck it up and put the overflows back in...
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2 fx5 imo would be ideal stuffed with bio since u already have 1. You could just use the one you have and be fine with regular vacing and wc.


#1 S. Vettel
 
I'd say the Fx5's is probably the most straight forward route if you're hesitant to put a sump in. It will be an overkill if anything, as I'm running 1 on a fairly heavily stocked 180, and it's fine.
 
oh, duh! I thought you meant you removed the bulkheads. If they are 1" or 3/4" bulkheads, use them to plumb in your fx-5 (s)!
 
Piicklez said:
I'd say the Fx5's is probably the most straight forward route if you're hesitant to put a sump in. It will be an overkill if anything, as I'm running 1 on a fairly heavily stocked 180, and it's fine.
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I had the same tank about 1 1/2 years ago with a sump...it seemed like I was always fiddiling with it.
 
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