sump vs. wet dry system

[heavenly damsel]

What is the best system to use for a reef tank?

 

[fshhub]

sump, the media and sponges and or balls in a wet dry cna be a problem for nitrates in the future, so definitely a sump

 

[25gator]

sump ! fshhub is 110% correct! but you new that!

 

[von_rahvin]

go with a sumop and a skimmer saves you troubles in the future

 

[reeferx]

I think this depends on how much live rock you have and if you have live sand (DSB or plenum).
IMO, if you have a nice sand bed and 1+ to 2 pounds per gallon of quality live rock, you can ditch the wet / dry.
A refugium is another option that seems to be catching on too.
matt

 

[banded on the run]

what do you guys think I should do i have a cpr wet dry with carbon in the drip tray and a skimmer to an external return pump.I have 90 pounds of rock in a 75g.should i lose the bioballs and make it a staight sump.I was reading above and was quetioning myself?

 

[fshhub]

personally, that is exactly what i would do, remove the media(slowly) and then make it a sump, with the lr and a skimmer and a sand ed, that is all that i would use
HTH

 

[predator]

I had my sump custom built and had it made with a removeable bio-ball chamber for that very reason. I have a refugium built on as well and am currently working on what I should do with the chamber once I remove the bio-balls. Any ideas????

 

[fshhub]

either nothing, except water holding, or a sand bed and or lr, only helps the filtering capacity of your bio flter

 

[heavenly damsel]

Am movin on up from a 55 to a 105 gallon tank. Currently have 80 lbs of LR, will be putting 4" aragonite sand bed in tne new tank, adding a Berlin turbo skimmer, have 2 power heads that move 780 gph combined. Will be a reef tank. You think the sump?

 

[wolffam]

Recently made the switch from wet/dry to sump and noticed improvements in water quality almost overnight. I'm currently in the process of doing the same in my other tank. HTH