help-pump/filter question???

hoopsdaddy

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I have an empty 50gal breader that I would like to convert into a sump for the 165gal reef that I am setting up.

Is a 600GPH CPR overflow sufficient, and is a supreme mag drive #7(550gph@5ft) as a return acceptable? This is my first sump setup and I want to get it right.

Also the tank has an in tank overflow filtration system that consists of one 214gph power head, 2 large tubular sponges(6"x24" approx), heater compartment, built in protein skimmer.

Have any of you used this filtration set up before and did it do a good job? Where do I get replacement media? The fish store raved about the filter.
They said the tank is a DAS custom out of Waxihachi(sp).

Any help would be very appreciated as I haven't been able to find out what brand/type of filter this is. I am setting this up as a reef tank. Mostly LPS and softies but would like to start trying some LPS.
 
I wouldn't use a filter (nitrates!) at all where I hoped to grow frags. Corals don't like nitrates OR phosphates, and they really dont' like ammonia.
 
more detail

more detail

The tank will have 250lbs of live sand and 175lbs of live rock. I also am planning to grow macroalgea in the refugium in my new sump design. Hope this helps. I will try to post a picture of the filter box in the 165.
 
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Hope the pictures help to identify the filter and I appreciate the feedback.

HD
 
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