patricknco
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Hi. First time poster here. I started my tank a little over 6 months. 20 gal half moon glass. I've got a protein skimmer and filters and powerheads.. it's a clutter. And suggestions for did sump/refugiums?
20 gallon reef tank about 6 months old... suggestions?
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snakeblitz33
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it would be difficult to fit a sump underneath a 20g half moon tank, but you could conceivably fit one beside the stand in a cabinet. i'd recommend a 20g high sump and go with a cadlights pipeless protein skimmer and a small auto top off system. you can plumb it all together using an eshopps nano 300gph external overflow and a mag drive 3 pump - or a quiet one pump with a similar gph rating. id recommend going with pvc plumbing if at all possible.
keep reading and researching. there are many other options out there - and probably the most simple is to keep the filtration that you have and change out the lights and start doing more water changes. small tanks still need a little love and attention every now and then and a weekly water change might be all that is needed.
when you do a water change, try to remove as much of the detritus out of the system as possible. stir it up with a small powerhead or even a turkey baster so that you can siphon the majority of it out of the system.
if you could, give us a list of your current equipment and maybe we can judge whether you need to go through all of that trouble or not.
keep reading and researching. there are many other options out there - and probably the most simple is to keep the filtration that you have and change out the lights and start doing more water changes. small tanks still need a little love and attention every now and then and a weekly water change might be all that is needed.
when you do a water change, try to remove as much of the detritus out of the system as possible. stir it up with a small powerhead or even a turkey baster so that you can siphon the majority of it out of the system.
if you could, give us a list of your current equipment and maybe we can judge whether you need to go through all of that trouble or not.
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grant778
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I probably wouldn't worry about putting in a sump. I have a similar situation and though my tank is not as pleasant to look at from one side due to the equipment hanging off the back (its a peninsula set up), I think urs looks fine with the equipment since it is against a wall. And is that a rabbit fish in there? They need a much bigger tank.
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Good eye! The foxface has grown. A friend of mine had small ones so he gave me one and he's getting big I know. He's just so friendly, been there since the beginning. Hardy little guy too. Here's the experimental sump/refugium I'm working on. I know it's small, but I'm down for experimenting.
