220 filtration

[svegas82]

What's everyone's opinion on filtration for my 220 SW? right now I have a wet/dry and I'm not really happy with it.


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[Flaxon-Waxon]

Room for a large sump? Probably anywhere from 75-125 gallon... Then you can go many different ways with filtration options. Skimmer section, could do a nice fuge, reactors, etc... Would love to have that size tank. I run a 20 gallon sump on my 40 gallon tank...

 

[svegas82]

I do have the room just really want to do a refuge but nervous because I've never tried


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[Flaxon-Waxon]

What are you nervous about?

 

[svegas82]

I've never set up one before


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[BigRedsReefs10]

A fuge a just a place to put rocks and macros for extra bio filtration and natural nutrient removal. Not real hard, I'll dig up a link to a couple good articles on sumps and fuges and post it here for you to read through.

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2008-01/newbie/
The 3 parter linked at the bottom is even more thorough
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[Flaxon-Waxon]

Well how is your current wet/dry set up? A large sump shouldn't be too much different but will give you options for filtration. Just research different sump designs and see what would help you the best... I have a simple design, input-skimmer section-return section.

 

[svegas82]

I have a wet dry system now it's pretty tight for room I have my pump and skimmer in a single section I've heard that the wet dry is a nitrate factory though


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[Rockster2]

I have a 220 system and use a refugium made by ADHI. It's about 60 gallons and fits under the tank in my Stand almost like a glove. Really happy with it. It's kind of a mess at the moment but here are pictures of the various chambers. I use an external pump but you could use the last chamber for an internal pump if you want it. For various reasons I prefer the external pumps.



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