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Thanks guys for the response. In this case, i would leave that part of the compartment as is, and only merge the overflow and skimmer compartment into one. On the chaeto note, i think i will heed your recommendation of running both, chaeto and reactor's. If chaeto dies, i would take it out. I wont be going full swing carbon dosing as i'm not looking for ULNS. Since i'm more dominant on LPS and ZOA, i would be happy with low nutrient level if achievable with chaeto and reactors. as for reef-resh, it may come in later down the months with the tanks progressing.

Hey Guys, My tank is 36 x 18 x 20 inches, with overflow box and a return box on both left and right corners. That's about 4 x 4 inches on each side. Single 1 inch overflow pipe. As for my sump, it's: 29.5 x 14.5 x 15 inches. This is currently a 4 compartment sump. first compartment: Overflow in - 5.5 x 14.5 x 9 inches. 9 inches is the baffle height. second compartment: skimmer (plan to remove this section and merge first compartment with this to give better foot print for BM curve 5 skimmer) - 6.5 x 14.5 x 7.5. 7.5 inches is the baffle height. third compartment: plan to keep chaeto - 6.5 x 14.5 x 7.5 inches. 7.5 inches is the baffle height fourth compartment: 6 x 14.5 x 7.5 inches. 7.5 inches is the water height, 5 inches is the actual baffle water height. So my question is, one of the current compartment is about 6.5 x 14.5 x 7.5 inches of water, and i was planning to keep chaeto in this compartment. That's about 3.06 gallon of water. Will this compartment be enough to keep chaeto to be able to keep my phosphate and nitrate low, or to assist in nutrient export. Or is the compartment too small to do anything. I do have plan to reconfigure the sump into a 3 compartment or 2 compartment sump, depending on which would be easier and best possible setup. I plan to keep mostly LPS and ZOA and maybe a few simple and easy SPS (birdnest, monti) I cant take out the sump to work on it, so it must be a simple in place reconfigure if im going that route. Or will it be better to skip the chaeto and use biosphere, rowaphos, carbon in reactors? or even go the polyp lab reef-resh system? Need suggestions, before i start wetting the tank around mid April.

As much as possible, i would like to steer clear of secondhand stuff's, especially pumps and the likes.

Hi Guy's, First time posting here. Am in the midst of setting up a new reef tank. Tank dimension 33 x 18 x 20 inches Sump dimension 29.5 x 14.5 x 15 inches Overflow bulkhead 1 inch / 25mm I currently have a TOM 800 return pump (800 Gph / 3028 Lph), but the pump is quite old and has a slight knocking sound, maybe impeller starting to have problem. Since my overflow is 1 inch, my max flow should be about 600 Gph / 2271 Lph. Could anyone suggest me a good reliable and quiet return pump. Some suggestion's given to me so far is Jebao JM3000 / JM4000 or RIO 14HF. Eheim 1260 is out of my budget, but if no other better choice, i may bite the bullet and go for it. But this would be the absolute last last last option. Am from KL, Malaysia.