sump ideas?

[rosco]

My friend has a 60g reef and just added a 20g tank as a sump. He's undecided how to utilize the extra space. I thought maybe a dsb with macro would be good, but I've been reading that that a 20g may be too small to keep a healthy dsb. Any suggestions whether a dsb will survive in a 20g. We'll probaly chamber off a small section to use as the return pool which will take away from the area we are allowed to use. But I think he should go with the macro a some live rock for sure, let me know what you guys and gals think.

 

[celacanthr]

you should be fine with a dsb, since a 20 gallon long has the same foot print as my 37 gallon tank, which has a DSB.
I would skip the LR, really no need to get any if you have macro, and a DSB.
HTH

 

[rosco]

It's a 20g tall so it has the same foot print as ten, I think. And I read on a thread that 10g was too small, that's why I asked. Sorry I should have put the 20g tall part in. but the LR is just to give the macro something to grap onto, but there are cheaper ways of doing that. Thanks

 

[celacanthr]

You may have problems with a DSB that small, but I think as long as you have ltos o sand stirrers, you should be okay doky.

 

[jakebtc]

"tall" versions make for poor sumps usually and harder to access and clean imo