Aaron Posted May 14, 2004 Report Share Posted May 14, 2004 ok so im a little instrested in a sump for the bigger tank mainly to get all the unnecessary stuff out of the tank ie:heater,filter,etc but im not quite sure what to use, firstly are sumps just smaller aquarims, or a they specific types of tanks i read some where bout them having baffels, why is this, also can fish live in a sump? how big generally are sumps? is there anything else that i need to know, where can i get one ? help appricaited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 In its most basic form, yeah, they're just smaller aquariums. Baffles and things are just a modification of that. Doesn't have to be an aquarium though. Could just be a big plastic bin or anything else that holds water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamboe2001 Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 why would you want fish to live in your sump i thaught the whole idea of hiding your filters heaters etc in a sump was to keep them out of sight and they usually are hidden in a copboard under the tank so would you really see the fish in the sump and also it would defeat the purpose anyway the water gets filtered in the sump b4 it reaches the pump the only room left for fish is where the pump is so all the fish poo and food would be pumped int to the tank seems like a waste of time having the sump there in the first place huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 Maybe it's a really aggressive fish and you don't want it with the rest of your fish, maybe it's deformed but you don't want to kill it for whatever reason you don't want it in your main tank. It doesn't have to be another display tank or have anything in it. It's just usually easiest to use a fish tank for it. Some people fill their sumps with plants and throw a light over it. Some are just totally empty with a heater in it. Some fill them up with media and sponges so there isn't any room for fish. Some people use them to breed live food that will then be dumped into the main tank, most common in marine setups but I don't see any reason you couldn't do something similar with FW. You could use it as space for throwing heaps of liverock or for corals in a marine tank. Space for heaps of crushed coral or similar for an african tank. Some people do combinations of the above. Ummmm...Basically you can do whatever you feel like with it and you can cover it up so it doesn't have to look pretty if you don't want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doch Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 my sump has got filter wool bio balls heater and pump in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted May 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 the reason i asked this was because i was looking @ using the 60l as the sump but it has a few lil fishies in it @ the moment, it will still have the intenal filter in it as well as an external filter, heater will be in the smaller one aswell as most of my plant life bear in mind this aint gonna happen over night i want to make it gradual was thinking of running the external in the smaller tank first to establish the media then look @ transfering it to the bigger one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doch Posted May 15, 2004 Report Share Posted May 15, 2004 i some times find little fish in my sump purely because i have left the filter off the over flow and they get sucked down the plug hole into the sump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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