Sump/filter

[CoolWaters]

iv been doing some research on sumps and it seems to me that its just a big filter...well for some types of sumps.


was thinking about getting started on a 20g sump any ideas?

 

[TRe]

in a sense it is just a big filter but filters improve water quality so there great to have in any tank but if your thinking about it for your 10 gallon id prolly skip that idea n just get a hob refugium or something i dont have a sump on my 10 gallon just because its so darn easy to do a 20% water change every couple of weeks (2 gallons) where in my 125 gallon in need to change 20 gallons to get that same 20% water change

 

[TheFool]

Well what would you like your sump to do. By definition a sump is simply another tank/water container plumbed into the display tank that is normally invisible.
Mine has a first compartment where a skimmer sits, then an algae filter, then a 3 compartment where the return pump sits. I also keep my heater in the third compartment. So mine is a filter, a place to stick ugly stuff (skimmer, heater, autotopup) and some extra water volume

 

[CoolWaters]

i just want me to grow algae and food for coral...wont hurt to throw all the ugly equipment in there too...

for that i can just hook up a 2nd tank? and call it a sump

 

[TheFool]

Yup. It's the hooking up that's an issue if your tank isn't drilled