Tying into the thread I've started.
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I'm looking into getting a tank for keeping South African Mbunu.
This is the tank I've been looking at.
https://ndaquatics.co.uk/aquarium/marin ... m-cabinet/
4ft tank, 289 litres with an 83 litre sump.
I know it's a marine tank, but I was thinking of getting it, purly for the sump so that I could put some nitrate eating plants in there, since I won't be able to put them in the main tank. I was hoping to run it along side a Fluval FX6, but the fact is the filters so big, that I'm gonna be left with a tiny sump tank, so it won't be worth the money.
So now I'm thinking, either don't bother with the sump and just get a FX6, or get the sump setup and fill it with filter media.
The FX6 will obviously be just "plug and play", but the sump gives me a chance to do a bit of DIY and maybe build something better.
I like the idea of the sump, especially with the idea of adding plants to it. But I have no idea what media to add to it, or how much, plus the flow rate, which I'm assuming needs to be 3000+ lph for a Mbuna tank.
Is this sump a worth while idea, or am I just wasting money and giving myself extra headache?
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=441482
I'm looking into getting a tank for keeping South African Mbunu.
This is the tank I've been looking at.
https://ndaquatics.co.uk/aquarium/marin ... m-cabinet/
4ft tank, 289 litres with an 83 litre sump.
I know it's a marine tank, but I was thinking of getting it, purly for the sump so that I could put some nitrate eating plants in there, since I won't be able to put them in the main tank. I was hoping to run it along side a Fluval FX6, but the fact is the filters so big, that I'm gonna be left with a tiny sump tank, so it won't be worth the money.
So now I'm thinking, either don't bother with the sump and just get a FX6, or get the sump setup and fill it with filter media.
The FX6 will obviously be just "plug and play", but the sump gives me a chance to do a bit of DIY and maybe build something better.
I like the idea of the sump, especially with the idea of adding plants to it. But I have no idea what media to add to it, or how much, plus the flow rate, which I'm assuming needs to be 3000+ lph for a Mbuna tank.
Is this sump a worth while idea, or am I just wasting money and giving myself extra headache?