sump/ skimmer for 180 gallon cube

[hooverfire4]

I'm in the process of setting up a 180g. I need some suggestions on sumps, skimmer and anything else to go along with it. My openings inside of my stand is 16" wide. I am going to hopefully put a trigger and some eels in the tank. I know there are a bunch of sumps and sump/ skimer combos to choose from. Any input on what to go with or what to avoid would be a great help to me. thanks

 

[jessezm]

what is the height inside the stand? If you're not doing a reef, it's my opinion that you don't really need a huge sump, but if you have room for a good skimmer to clean up after messy eaters, that would be a good idea. depending on your cash flow, I would look into maybe an ASM G4X or a Euroreef skimmer, other quality brands are H&S, Deltec, and octopus is a new knock off that seems to be getting great reviews. I'm sure you could get Andy from myreefcreations.com to build you a fine sump here locally, and his company makes fantastic Beckett style skimmers as well. adn MR-2 with maybe a second injector would handle your tank just fine--it just depends if you want to go with an in-sump or external skimmer, really.

 

[hooverfire4]

The height of the cabinet is approx. 38"

 

[jessezm]

Any of the above mentioned skimmers should work, then, just depends on what you want, and how much money you want to spend. i'd look into the ASM G4+ or a G4X for simplicity and price. You could run it in your sump and forget about it.

 

[hooverfire4]

I have an old glass sump I can use if it is large enough. The sump is 14" x 32" x 16" tall. The area for the bio media measures 15 x 14 x 16. There rest is baffled off for medchanical media and then it goes to the bulk head fitting. Would this be large enough for a 36 x36 x 30 tank with trigger and eels?

 

[nuclearreefs]

Turbo Flotor 1000 with the ocean runner pump would be fine on this....... After all they are the ones who started the needle wheels...