Can any one help me?

[Nickfishman]

I need help sourcing a sump for a20 gal. Can anyone help me?

 

[Reefpuck]

Can you give more details what you're looking for? What do you want to put in it? Want s section for a refugium?

If it were me, I'd just buy a 20g and put some baffles in it. Much cheaper.

 

[Nickfishman]

I would like a refugium yes, and a 20 gal sump for a 20 gal DT?

 

[Portland]

Wouldn't water changes be more efficient/manageable with a 20g display. A sump should be large enough to hold your ancillary equipment so that dictates a minimal size I imagine. I'm a lurker so maybe I'm missing something. My apologies if so!

 

[Reefpuck]

The bigger the sump the better. I have a 90g with a 55g sump. I built the stand so I could squeeze the largest sump possible.

More water volume = better stability.

 

[mcgyvr]

Wouldn't water changes be more efficient/manageable with a 20g display. A sump should be large enough to hold your ancillary equipment so that dictates a minimal size I imagine. I'm a lurker so maybe I'm missing something. My apologies if so!

A sump is certainly not an absolute necessity..
One could easily run a 20G tank (or any size for that matter) without one..

 

[mcgyvr]

I would like a refugium yes, and a 20 gal sump for a 20 gal DT?

Plenty of choices here..
https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/sumps-tanks-refugiums/sumps.html

We can't make that choice for you and so far you have only provided very limited information..
You have only mentioned wanting a refugium (which you also don't need)

As stated a sump is beneficial in that you can increase water volume to help reduce the potential for swings in water parameters due to smaller changes..
Its also a place to "hide" the equipment you plan on running..
It can also add complexity to a build and may be more than some want to do..

I have run tanks with and without and personally I wouldn't do a sump for a 20g tank.. My last tank was a 40g breeder reef tank and it was nothing more than a powerhead and a heater in the winter.. It had plenty of live rock and a sand bed and relied solely on water changes to keep the water parameters stable/clean..

remember.. no one needs a skimmer or any gfo/chaeto/carbon/biopellet/purigen,etc... reactors or refugiums to have a successful tank..
But some of that can certainly main maintaining a tank easier and may allow longer time between water changes..

 

[ryeguyy84]

buy the largest off the shelf tank you can fit in the stand and add some baffles.

 

[OldReefGuy]

+1 Mcgyvr

 

[jlmawp]

Yup. 10 gallon here. No sump, no fuge, no equipment except a sponge filter, power head, and heater. Keep up with params and water changes and it’s perfectly fine.

 

[Uncle99]

Jlmawp......great job.......keep it simple......water...water....water....

 

[OldReefGuy]

water changes pretty easy in a 10G lol

 

[Mdj]

Hob filter with some filter floss heater and rock and sand in my 10 doing good just got a hydor 240 to put also but I am new do about 3 or 4 gallon water change weekly

 

[Uncle99]

Best reefs are those that remain simple!
Machines and dosing just makes us lazier.

 

[jlmawp]

water changes pretty easy in a 10G lol

What are you talking about? I have to make a lug TWO WHOLE GALLONS of water about 30 feet every couple weeks. This is the difference between boys and men right here.