Hi,
Stevie here from Malaysia. I have lost touch with salt water aquarium for some 10 long years and am wanting to have one and maybe two tanks later.
After going through some articles I still cannot figure out what's best and how things work since it has been too long a time already I last know about keeping saltwater fish and I hope someone can help me with many questions in my head with tank setup, filtration, equipment, lighting and many more. In fact I am lost.
I plan to have one all glass tank with sump in a cabinet shelf. See attached pix. The tank will be at the middle right shelf and the sump below it. The shelf divider between them will be removed so that the tank can occupy larger space and a set of new doors will be built to cover the sump.
The first thing I would like to confirm is the ideal spots should I have two holes at the bottom inner corners of the tank for water flow between the tank and sump? One over flow from tank to sump and the other up flow with a pump. Once this is confirmed I will start building the tank.
Next, please help me with the filtration. Can I do without protein skimmer but just wet and dry trickle filter with bioballs? A venturi skimmer I saw is something like 15 inch in height and I do not think I have the height to accommodate it in the lower shelf sump.
Stevie
Stevie here from Malaysia. I have lost touch with salt water aquarium for some 10 long years and am wanting to have one and maybe two tanks later.
After going through some articles I still cannot figure out what's best and how things work since it has been too long a time already I last know about keeping saltwater fish and I hope someone can help me with many questions in my head with tank setup, filtration, equipment, lighting and many more. In fact I am lost.
I plan to have one all glass tank with sump in a cabinet shelf. See attached pix. The tank will be at the middle right shelf and the sump below it. The shelf divider between them will be removed so that the tank can occupy larger space and a set of new doors will be built to cover the sump.
The first thing I would like to confirm is the ideal spots should I have two holes at the bottom inner corners of the tank for water flow between the tank and sump? One over flow from tank to sump and the other up flow with a pump. Once this is confirmed I will start building the tank.
Next, please help me with the filtration. Can I do without protein skimmer but just wet and dry trickle filter with bioballs? A venturi skimmer I saw is something like 15 inch in height and I do not think I have the height to accommodate it in the lower shelf sump.
Stevie