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Thanks for the input guys. Here's what I did... I took back the 250W heater. I did some research and did see a horror story about a heater exploding in a tank. I definitely don't want that to happen and put 55G on water on the floor. So... I bought three 100W heaters. I can fit all three in my...

Thanks Mr. Limpid. I think I'll have to just go with in tank heaters as I can't fit much more than three or 50W heaters in the 10G sump.

So, I've got my 55G setup with with a 10G sump. My 10G sump has a chamber on the left for skimmer, standard three partition baffle in the middle, and pump section on the right. I would like to be able to put my heaters in the sump, but I just don't see it as really being possible with full size...

Well, I think I went too far with the heater I bought. It's a 250 watt and that may be too much for 55G. So I may go exchange it for the 150 or 200. Also, would heaters in a 10G sump work efficiently? Seems like your asking a lot of any heater in a 10G sump. Does the heater have time to heat the...

Side note... neither of my heaters will fit in the sump... oh well.

The return pump i have is the Pentair Aquatics Lifegard Quietone 2200. It's 594 GPH. Online research makes me think it was originally the Pentair Aquatics - Lifegard Quietone 2200 and may have targeted ponds. Other websites have it targeting aquariums and dropped the Pentair Aquatics name. Same...

2Q... Would you mind just looking through the pictures and telling me if I can get by with the equipment I have now? Keep in mind I'm redoing the sump now to add three baffles. I think my circulation propeller pump thinga ma jiggy is a Koralia but not sure which one. Is my return pump going to...

2Quills, thanks man! You've been the most responsive here. Sorry if I seem impatient, I'm just all jacked up on this aquarium stuff and blowing money! Haha. So, I bought 30 pounds of aragonite sand to go with the 40 pounds of LS I already had in there. Hopefully the LS will be sufficient and...

Sump is back on. I found safe for aquarium silicon at petsmart. I feel like I'm talking to myself here! Haha

I'm beginning to lose faith in having a sump right now. Went to Lowe's to buy glass for baffles then figured out they don't really have appropriate silicon for aquariums. But I don't want to drop $140 or so on the epphos sump that I like...

Thanks txenvy, but the 75G was out of my range. Was going to offer 350 but he said he had two guys in a bidding war who were up to 500. Got the 55G. If you look back through the thread, It's got LR, LS, heater, and powerhead right now. Not much live rock, but a start. I have a 10G tank I'm using...

Going to Lowe's tonight to by three pieces of glasses for baffles in the sump. I thought I had undissolved salt floating around, but now looking at it, I think it's lots and lots of microbubbles. I can see them coming out of the return pump.

The 55G tank. Overflow box on left. Return pump coming in just to the right of that. Power head and heater on far right. Coralife light fixture has four bulbs but only one works right now. It's a white 65watt 10K. I need another one of those, and two of the blue actinics or two 50/50 to fill all...

Thanks again 2Q! And, well, here's the thing. I had a 29G saltwater tank before and at that time, there were two LFS in town. One I really, really liked. They quarantined there fish for a certain time period and wouldn't let you buy them until that time period was up. They had awesome tanks and...

Also, how long is long enough to treat a new fish with copper in the quarantine before I move them to the DT?

Thanks man. You're being a big help. So essentially right now my 10G sump is just for the heater ad basically moving water, right? Then it'll serve as the housing the skimmer when I get one. Almost sounds too simple to serve a purpose but I've got to get more water moving as I just have one...

Thanks 2Quills! I'm off to walmart to get a small 10G to use as a sump for now. I'm going to try with one and then maybe add the refugium as I get more advanced. I still don't fully grasp how to control the amount of water that gets siphoned to prevent floods in case of power outage, but I'll...

After continuing to read up on this stuff, I think I'm ditching the wet/dry. I want a sump so I can put my heater and skimmer in it and only have powerheads in the DT. Does that sound good to everyone? Haha.

I'll try to get some pictures up tonight. But I guess I'd still pose the question, do I really need the wet/dry? What if I replace the bio ball set up with a 10 gallon tank to be used as a refugium? How about just live rock, live sand, and HOB until I can afford a skimmer?

I left off skimmer. I've read that the best way to go is live sand, live rock, and skimmer... Plus maybe the fuge. Skimmer means protein skimmer right?