Alright so I picked up a 150 gallon tank from a guy who had it as a reef tank. It is drilled has an overflow box, and a 30 gallon sump under it. I have loads of questions. I am a canister filter guy, have a ehiem 2180, and a few rena xp2s. I have also used the great and amazing auquaclears, and sponge filters. All of these are systems I am very familiar with. But a sump... this is new. So first of all I have some pictures, and I will refer back to them several times during the course of me asking my questions so let me load those up.
K I think that worked. So first off, the overflow is really loud. It sounds like a water fall. Is it ok to throw a bunch of bio balls into the overflow to disperse the water as its going down to the sump? I am afraid that if I put anything in there that it will flood the tank. Second, as hopefully you can tell from the third picture there is a little drawer right above the bio ball chamber. What should I put in there. I want some kind of a polishing pad or a few of them to clean up the clearity of the water. But I feer that it will quikly clog and overfill the little chamber and flood the dining room. Lastly, should there be anything in the bottom chamber? I was thinking about puting some old coral in there to raise the ph a little. Would this have any positive or negitive affect on the filtration system?
Sorry I know its a lot of questions but I have never worked with a sump before. Hopefully I can grab jk47s' attention. I know he knows sumps very well, but I lost his number. Any help please.
Oh ps, is it ok to build a little pre filter to sit right inside the overflow so that the water goes through some kind of a screen material before it goes down? Or will this also glog the system and cause a flood. Sorry, I'm scared of flooding. Thanks , ahead of time.
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K I think that worked. So first off, the overflow is really loud. It sounds like a water fall. Is it ok to throw a bunch of bio balls into the overflow to disperse the water as its going down to the sump? I am afraid that if I put anything in there that it will flood the tank. Second, as hopefully you can tell from the third picture there is a little drawer right above the bio ball chamber. What should I put in there. I want some kind of a polishing pad or a few of them to clean up the clearity of the water. But I feer that it will quikly clog and overfill the little chamber and flood the dining room. Lastly, should there be anything in the bottom chamber? I was thinking about puting some old coral in there to raise the ph a little. Would this have any positive or negitive affect on the filtration system?
Sorry I know its a lot of questions but I have never worked with a sump before. Hopefully I can grab jk47s' attention. I know he knows sumps very well, but I lost his number. Any help please.
Oh ps, is it ok to build a little pre filter to sit right inside the overflow so that the water goes through some kind of a screen material before it goes down? Or will this also glog the system and cause a flood. Sorry, I'm scared of flooding. Thanks , ahead of time.
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