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im looking to remove an hob and replace it with a sump/canister in a fw setup. in order to keep the sump size down, i thought to myself, bioballs are great and all, but what about using a rugf instead? then the sump/canister would not need to handle the bio filtration. ive seen the biowheels that are designed to work with canisters and would most likely work with a sump as well. but the whole point is to remove the giant box hanging on the back of the tank. maybe im still unsure of what all a sump is designed to do (and ive been reading and reading here for several hours)
also what is a good size sump? my main tank is a 30g long and id like to use a 10g tank i have here just taking up space. is a tower necessary? or can i make the sump all inclusive? ive had trouble finding designs w/o a 5g bucket as a tower.
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im looking to remove an hob and replace it with a sump/canister in a fw setup. in order to keep the sump size down, i thought to myself, bioballs are great and all, but what about using a rugf instead? then the sump/canister would not need to handle the bio filtration. ive seen the biowheels that are designed to work with canisters and would most likely work with a sump as well. but the whole point is to remove the giant box hanging on the back of the tank. maybe im still unsure of what all a sump is designed to do (and ive been reading and reading here for several hours)
also what is a good size sump? my main tank is a 30g long and id like to use a 10g tank i have here just taking up space. is a tower necessary? or can i make the sump all inclusive? ive had trouble finding designs w/o a 5g bucket as a tower.
tia![/b]