sump or not???

[RJAG]

I waited for so long until I got a tank and sump but I'm still having
problems with nitrates. one or two people have suggested that with the
amount of LR in my tank that that's all I should use and dump the sump.
would this be a good idea.
I could use the water in the sump and remove the media leaving it like a
reservoir of salt water with a skimmer and heater with some calerpa in the
base.
is this latter idea sound or bunk.

Robin

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My personal preference would be to keep the sump. Dump any biological
filtration (bio-balls, trickle filter etc) and turn it into a refugium.
Growing a lot of caulerpa (with lights over the sump) will help with your
nitrates problem.

Mark

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[kim gross]

RJAG wrote:
> I waited for so long until I got a tank and sump but I'm still having
> problems with nitrates. one or two people have suggested that with the
> amount of LR in my tank that that's all I should use and dump the sump.
> would this be a good idea.
> I could use the water in the sump and remove the media leaving it like a
> reservoir of salt water with a skimmer and heater with some calerpa in the
> base.
> is this latter idea sound or bunk.
>
> Robin
>
>
What do you have in the sump for media? If you have a wet dry filter,
yes remove the media and just use it as resevoir of water with your
skimmer heater and some calerpa (sump with refugium).

Kim

[RJAG]

it originally came with sponges but I removed them as they seemed to be a
nitrate factory. there were 3 chambers 1/2 ceramic media and half
bio-balls. again I removed the bio-balls as someone had recommended to me
and this didn't seem to have the same effect as the sponges. this means I
have three chambers half filled with ceramic media. the skimmer is mounted
on the last but one chamber. there is a chamber with calerpa on top of the
media and that's my system except for return pump and heater.

Robin

[kim gross]

RJAG wrote:
> it originally came with sponges but I removed them as they seemed to be a
> nitrate factory. there were 3 chambers 1/2 ceramic media and half
> bio-balls. again I removed the bio-balls as someone had recommended to me
> and this didn't seem to have the same effect as the sponges. this means I
> have three chambers half filled with ceramic media. the skimmer is mounted
> on the last but one chamber. there is a chamber with calerpa on top of the
> media and that's my system except for return pump and heater.
>
> Robin
>
>
I would suggest removing the ceramic media also.

Kim