Sump?
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rustybucket145
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Sure, I would combine a little fuge in it as well. Here's a drawing of a 20gal sump/fuge combo with the pump mounted externally, on a 10gal you would almost have to mount the pump internally.
michaeldaly
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The main purposes of the sump are..
1. It's a place to hide all the ugly equipment
2. It increases the systems total water.
3. As mentioned you could have a refugium compartment, but a refuge would be more beneficial if the water coming from it could be gravity fed into the main display tank.
1. It's a place to hide all the ugly equipment
2. It increases the systems total water.
3. As mentioned you could have a refugium compartment, but a refuge would be more beneficial if the water coming from it could be gravity fed into the main display tank.
papagimp
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If you are goign to set up a sump for that small of a tank, I would highly recommend you do the refugium version as seen in that photo above. I use an extremely close version of that on my 55g and it has made the hobby 10 times easier for me, mostly in part to the lack of algae problems I have now. And the added pod populations to my tanks make a massive difference in fish behavior and health. Nice, Fat mandarin, scooter, wrasses, ect. ect.
Michaeldaly hit it on the nose with the sump description, just a simple way to increase overall water volume, which gives you more room for error with water quality, and allows you to hide most the equpiment from the display tank.
A refugium does the exact same thing, and then some.
Michaeldaly hit it on the nose with the sump description, just a simple way to increase overall water volume, which gives you more room for error with water quality, and allows you to hide most the equpiment from the display tank.
A refugium does the exact same thing, and then some.
