Let's see SUMPLESS tanks
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cabbage2003
In Memoriam
before i went with a sump and HOB fuge
Aquabucket
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Nice tanks guys.
My sumpless skimmerless 40B:
My sumpless skimmerless 40B:
Sports Girl
In Memoriam
Here's my two year old 60 gallon (no sump or fuge):
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wilsonh
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There is around 80 x flow, via the stream, HOB skimmer & 2 other pumps. The tank has been designed to be energy efficient and simple, and does not have a sump. There are some fancy gadgets such as an auto top off though.
One interesting thing, notice the coraline growth on the wall opposite the stream. That's how to get coraline, if a pump is blasting on something, that's where it will grow.
Here's some closer shots-
wilsonh
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The animals in the tank include
2 x firefish ------------ a lovely splash of colour
Seaweed Blenny ------------ great personality
Copperband butterfly
Two Perc Clowns ------------ lay eggs every few weeks
Yellow tang
Royal gramma
6 line wrasse
four cleaner shrimp
Urchin
Brown crud eating Brittlestar
Although it is a small tank it seems to work, everybody gets on fine there is no violence, nobody looks cramped or uncomfortable. Luckily the tang is still very small. The seaweed blenny is one of my favorites, these fish are notorious as they refuse food and only eat algae. They often starve to death once the algae is gone. It took two years and he really got skinny a few times, I had to collect algae covered rocks for him. But he has finally figured out how to eat food
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Here's some pics of some of them
2 x firefish ------------ a lovely splash of colour
Seaweed Blenny ------------ great personality
Copperband butterfly
Two Perc Clowns ------------ lay eggs every few weeks
Yellow tang
Royal gramma
6 line wrasse
four cleaner shrimp
Urchin
Brown crud eating Brittlestar
Although it is a small tank it seems to work, everybody gets on fine there is no violence, nobody looks cramped or uncomfortable. Luckily the tang is still very small. The seaweed blenny is one of my favorites, these fish are notorious as they refuse food and only eat algae. They often starve to death once the algae is gone. It took two years and he really got skinny a few times, I had to collect algae covered rocks for him. But he has finally figured out how to eat food
.Here's some pics of some of them
