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murphysfish
09/09/2008, 12:12 PM
280 reef tank with built in overflows 72 x32x 32
planning on keeping hard and soft corals with less than 8 fish
not sure of how to design the sump with a fuge and big enough skimmer.

have a 75 gallon in garage but not sure if it is adequate for the long term nutrient removal. wanting some chaeto and dsb in fuge.

the actual order of flow in sump.. drain- fuge- skimmer- return ? pros and cons of different setups

i have a 30 gallon sump that was used as a wet dry filter that i could use as a sump and have a remote fuge in a smaller tank and return it back into the return ? this way seems less complicated but i would think it would be less effective?

needs some input from vetern reefers ... trying to do it right the first time :confused: