Sump or Refugium tank

[sg1]

I want a sump or refugium for my 29 gallon biocube. Has anybody attempted to put a sump below the cabinet

[k4ndyk1ng]

I want a sump or refugium for my 29 gallon biocube. Has anybody attempted to put a sump below the cabinet

I haven't seen one myself, is the glass temped? Or something along those lines? Otherwise I'm sure I would have seen it somewhere

[BluCrab]

forget all that..

,the first thing I did was remove that false bottom in chamber two.

Replace the return pump with a Colbalt MJ 1200, put a few nice size pieces of live rock in chamber 2 with cheato microalgae and a clip on Fluval clip (PC light) on a timer. with a small piece of filter floss where chamber one flows over into chamber two.

Easy and cheap, you don't need those media baskets IMO. if anything toss a small bag of chempure Elite in the return chamber if need be.

 

It's simple and I have mostly LPS,Zoas and a RBTA.

 

I've seen one moded with a 10 gallon sump in the cabinet but it didn't look like it helped much IMO.

[Tamberav]

I think having a sump or not depends on what you want to do with the tank. A zoa/softy/LPS tank would benefit less than a SPS dominated tank that also has a lot of fish/bioload.

 

Kat has a custom sump but not sure if its in her cabinet or not: http://www.nano-reef.com/featured/_/2012/metrokat-r67

[Angel<3Nanos]

I haven't seen one myself, is the glass temped? Or something along those lines? Otherwise I'm sure I would have seen it somewhere

You don't necessarily need to drill a tank to have sump. You can use overflow boxes. But I would rather drill

[k4ndyk1ng]

You don't necessarily need to drill a tank to have sump. You can use overflow boxes. But I would rather drill

Yeah they are way to risky, I would only use mame even then I would get one because, I'm not feeling water on the floor. Will the flood catch the fish if they decide to go carpet surfing?

[Tamberav]

I haven't seen one myself, is the glass temped? Or something along those lines? Otherwise I'm sure I would have seen it somewhere

 

Seems they are indeed drillable: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/318103-29-gallon-biocube-drilledsump-build/

[k4ndyk1ng]

Seems they are indeed drillable: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/318103-29-gallon-biocube-drilledsump-build/'>http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/318103-29-gallon-biocube-drilledsump-build/

I stand corrected and that is cool, ty for sharing

[farkwar]

Make your life simple. Detached refugium.

 

Get one of the on sale nano cubes with stands. You dont need fancy lighting, stock is fine. Set it up right next to your tank.

 

Put all your refugium stuff in there, nice macros etc. When you do water changes, just put your tank water in the refugium. Refugium water change water down the toilet.

 

There you go.