help me pleeeeeze now

[ant]

what is a good size to go with for a sump?

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

ok i just got my 55gal tank yesterday. ITS HUGE

That's what I thought when I got my O tank.

in price rang but thnx joel... was just tell ing BOE that

What I mean is that you'd be surprised how much live rock and filters can cost. I paid about $450 just for live rock. I know now that I should have ordered it from the internet. That would have cost about 100 bucks cheaper.

what is a good size to go with for a sump?

Mine is about 5-10% percent of the tanks volume.

 

[ant]

so a 10 gal would be fine.?

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

Well that depends. Are you building it? I built my Sump from a big Rubbermaid container and drawers. The water comes through the drawers, which house biomaterial and carbon, into the sump and is pumped back up. The Rubbermaid is 32 gallons when full but I only keep about 7 or 8 gallons in it.

 

[ant]

i am just planning on getting a 10 gallon tank because i sorta want to put some food for the octo in it

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

Oh ok. That's called a refuge. Do you have a skimmer and filter yet?

 

[ant]

NOPE thats what the links u gave me r for

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

Ok.

 

[ant]

few questions.im gettin these things from fishsupply.com. which heater should i get? which PS shud i get? whichfilters shud i get? i am going to buy these things in clusters. k

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

Sump. This is the type of sump I made. It's a wet/dry. I made it from here. It works really well and I recommend it.


Protein Skimmer. Protein skimmers are good because they take alot of the waste from the water and the water doesnt pass through it. Because the water doesnt pass through it the watse cant mess up the water because of rotting.


Heater. This is a REALLY good heater. It has extreamly thick glass so it's almost certain it wont crack easily.

Pump. If you use that fuge idea I gave you should only need 1 pump for the return.

I edited it slightly.

 

[ant]

can i just put the pipe comeing from the main tank into the 10 gal and have the return being pumped back up to the main tank,and then have the PS and stuff in the 10 gal, and then finnaly have the shrimp ect. in the 10 gal

 

[Burstsovenergy24]

It would be better if you made it go through the skimmer first. That way, if the octo inks it's out of there, first thing, without coating anything's gills. Also it saves you from having to buy another pump to get the water in the skimmer.

 

[neptune]

Still going to have to do a quick water change, and some clean-up, no skimmer is going to get all of the ink out.

But a very good recommendation! And will save you a lot of headaches

 

[neptune]

............................well Colin's 4 foot monster may!!!!! Is that skimmer really 4 ft, and how many gallons does it skim for?

 

[joel_ang]

Well there really are gigantic skimmers out there. The skimmer could not possibly remove all the ink from the tank before it goes into the sump, thats why we recommend having activaated carbon in the tank as it helps remove some of the ink.

Btw neptune, you can ask Colin about the last cuttle and the skimmer.