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April 14th, 2009, 10:09 PM | #1 |
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sump size
How do you know what size sump to use for each tank?
Is there a rule of thumb for size ratio? |
April 15th, 2009, 11:26 AM | #2 |
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Generally the bigger the better. If you can somehow fit a 180G sump under a 10G tank, you should certainly do that.
I never heard of a formula but I've used a 40G sump with my 135G tank and now use 75G fuge with my 180G tank. If I had a house where my sump room would be below (in the basement) and my show tank on the first floor I would hook up multiple refugia possibly exceeding total volume of the show tank. |
May 4th, 2009, 11:22 AM | #3 |
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Yep, as bderen said, the bigger the better, go with whatever you can fit under your tank leaving some elbow room to perform maintenance tasks. Any sump/refugium is better then no fuge at all, even these relatively small hang on tank refugia are somewhat effective and interesting to watch.
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May 9th, 2009, 12:25 PM | #4 |
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sumps size
The formula I have heard is the sump should be atleast 25% of the main tank, but you are right the bigger the better. You can not do wrong by making a sump to big. In this case bigger is definately better, no matter what they say!!!!!!
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