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[tapwater]

I have a 55 gallon tank w/ a clown, 3 damnsels, a coral shrimp, a brittle star, 10-25lbs. of LR. I want get rid of the two hang on filters and small PS I have and put a sump-return-refuge underneath. But there is one problem I only have 48x10.5 (tight) of area to work with any ideas would be helpful.
thanks mike

[NCguy]

You can make your own out of acrylic.

[NCguy]

http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html

[Deb91]

You need a lot more live rock for filtration. How much live sand to you have?

[tapwater]

I have about 2-3 inches w/ crushed coral on top. Why, what are you thinking?
mike

[Deb91]

I was thinking that you should have at least 1 lb. of rock. Crushed coral is a nitrate factory so maybe you could get rid of it and just have your live rock and sand in your main tank and loose the filters.You also need a good protein skimmer. I don't have room for a sump underneath the tank myself so I can't give you any advice on that. I see you are in construction so maybe melvesreef's site will help you out.How long have you had your tank running? Are you having algae problems with the two filters?

[tapwater]

Deb I am going to remove the crushed coral. My tank has been running about 6 months now. I was doing real well then all of a sudden that nitrate spike hit.
mike