90 gallons need a Sump?

[brazilian]

Hi everybody, I have a 90 gallons reef/fish, and I new on the hobby, should I have a Sump? and if I need one how big need to be, and where do I need to go to have a nice price?
Thank you all.:unsure: :unsure: :unsure: :blush:

 

[george]

No aquarium *needs* a sump. It's just a convenient place to put unsightly filtration equipment, heaters, and all the other things that you have to hang on the back/sides of an aquarium with no sump.

Anything that fits under your tank can be used as a sump from a Rubermaid tub up to a commercially designed sump with baffles and a built in refugium. The only size requirements are that it have enough room for water if the power goes out. When the power goes out on a tank with a sump, there is always a certain amount that continues to flow into the sump until the water drops below the overflow. The sump must be large enough to hold that additional water.

 

[skriz]

I deleted your thread in Reef Discussions since it is the exact same as this thread.

As far as a sump goes, George is right; you don't NEED one, but it sure is really nice to have. It makes your tank a lot cleaner looking since your heater and probes, etc can be placed in the sump and out of view.

It also makes it nice and easy to do water changes and such.

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[jade76]

another plus to a sump is that it gives one more water volume as this can help making the controlabilty of your tank a little more stable....dilution is the solution

 

[kevinbeth]

I use a tide-pool (bio-wheel) sump on my 90 and i have great luck with it. Never any amonia or nitrate/nitrite.I do stay on top of my 15% wc. It leaves a good bit of room for a ref.. and so on as well.

 

[soarin']

Another nice thing about a sump / fuge is that it can be a good place to put a remote deep sand bed (rdsb). Anthony Calfo has a great thread about those over on ReefCentral.

You can split the DSB up into a few plastic containers, and switch them out whenever you feel the need DSB's do a fantastic job of clearing the water of phosphates and nitrates, in my experience, but this way you get the benefits of a dsb along with the substrate of your choice in the display, and easy maintenance as well. much cheaper than running phosban and other reactors to help clean the water.

 

[ralph atl]

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