KreativJustin
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello everyone,
I'm switching from a "wet/dry" style sump to a full wet sump (freshwater). My media bags in the trickle area for the current one are bio balls, some sponge that I cut-up to help seed the tank, old substrate that I had in there that originally helped seed the tank, and some seachem nitrate rocks.. all of these media types are in media bags, just fyi. I slosh them around every 2-3 weeks in a bucket of water that I just took out of the tank.
Should I be switching out any of these, or be adding anything else to my new sump? I have seen a lot of people using the big ceramic square rods.. I just did not know if they were 100% necessary. Do you recommend me trying adding other types?
I'm going to have 3 chambers in the new sump.. incoming (150micron 4" filter sock) then will pass through a 50micron sheet to get to new chamber. I planned on putting my media in this chamber.. then a bubble trap to last chamber where the return pump will be.
I am in the beginning stages of building this, as why I'm trying to get it planned out before I start to silicone (cementing lol) things in place. I overthink everything, so just a heads up.
I have an overly large orlushy heater, so it probably wont fit in sump. It does not fit in my current sump, so its always been in the DT.
Thanks for your help!
I'm switching from a "wet/dry" style sump to a full wet sump (freshwater). My media bags in the trickle area for the current one are bio balls, some sponge that I cut-up to help seed the tank, old substrate that I had in there that originally helped seed the tank, and some seachem nitrate rocks.. all of these media types are in media bags, just fyi. I slosh them around every 2-3 weeks in a bucket of water that I just took out of the tank.
Should I be switching out any of these, or be adding anything else to my new sump? I have seen a lot of people using the big ceramic square rods.. I just did not know if they were 100% necessary. Do you recommend me trying adding other types?
I'm going to have 3 chambers in the new sump.. incoming (150micron 4" filter sock) then will pass through a 50micron sheet to get to new chamber. I planned on putting my media in this chamber.. then a bubble trap to last chamber where the return pump will be.
I am in the beginning stages of building this, as why I'm trying to get it planned out before I start to silicone (cementing lol) things in place. I overthink everything, so just a heads up.
I have an overly large orlushy heater, so it probably wont fit in sump. It does not fit in my current sump, so its always been in the DT.
Thanks for your help!