ricordea propagation tank filter

madean

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Ok I am running into a bit of an issue as to how to filter this tank. The dimensions are 60" wide 12" tall an 18" deep. I took an old 135 gal tank and cut it in half horizontally, now its 65 gal with a good foot print to work with. I can sump this project with a 40 gal breeder that i have laying around. The question is what to put in the sump. because of the heavy feeding's (feeding roughly 300-500 ricordea at a time) should i be thinking of making a wet/dry section (ie bio balls, or that shredded plastic paper stuff) or a refugium. I'm thinking the refug will not handle that kind of a load. because the tank will just be a sea mat of rics, there will not be any LR in the tank. Does anybody have any ideas for a sump style filter or any other style of filtration. I am open to anything. I recently came across the hiatt filtration system. If your interested check it out at http://www.majesticreefs.com/. If anybody has any knowledge with this system and could shed some inf on it, it would be greatly appreciated. Any info at all will be greatly appreciated.
 
Would many ractors filled with carbon and GFO be an idea. Possible with the use of a few types of macro in a refug setting ( ie chaeto).
 
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