dstoneburg
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What I plan to have is a moderatly high stocked DT. With it being moderatly stocked I want top notch filtration. For lack of being able to get a bigger tank(space wise) I want to make up for it under the tank filtration wise. I currently have a overflow running into my sump which seems like a standard sump to me. Runs through a filter pad, trickles through bio-balls and then runs into the skimmer/return pump area. My question is I would LOVE to add a refugium to the mix. I'm thinking of modding a simple HOB filter(pengiun?) and adding it to the area where the return pump/skimmer is.
The idea is I would hang it off the side of the sump, add cheato, and a cheap clip on light. It would then suck up the water from the skimmer/return pump area, run it through and drop it down. This seems like it would work in theory to me. But in practice there seems like a few more things to consider. Such as..
Is there a certain order water must be moved? I.E. skim--->fuge--->pump? Or will how I want to set this up work out well?
Will a simple HOB filter and a clipon light and some cheato do well? Should I add a little LR rubble or some LS?
Any problems you forsee me running into? Are there any problems with running both a fuge and bio-balls? As I always see posts, people ask for "either bioballs or fuge" but never both.
Alas one more seperate question. I have about 100bls of LR and about half of it is fully cured. I put them both together in my tank and 50lbs of it has a bad smell to is indicating to me it still has die-off. All of the LR came from a well-established setup, just half of it had less then adequte transportation
P). I do not have the tank stocked yet, am I going to see a cycle? Or just some spikes?
The idea is I would hang it off the side of the sump, add cheato, and a cheap clip on light. It would then suck up the water from the skimmer/return pump area, run it through and drop it down. This seems like it would work in theory to me. But in practice there seems like a few more things to consider. Such as..
Is there a certain order water must be moved? I.E. skim--->fuge--->pump? Or will how I want to set this up work out well?
Will a simple HOB filter and a clipon light and some cheato do well? Should I add a little LR rubble or some LS?
Any problems you forsee me running into? Are there any problems with running both a fuge and bio-balls? As I always see posts, people ask for "either bioballs or fuge" but never both.
Alas one more seperate question. I have about 100bls of LR and about half of it is fully cured. I put them both together in my tank and 50lbs of it has a bad smell to is indicating to me it still has die-off. All of the LR came from a well-established setup, just half of it had less then adequte transportation
P). I do not have the tank stocked yet, am I going to see a cycle? Or just some spikes?