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Meh... It cab be done without a sump and many of us did it without one until probably the last 10-15 years or so. I ran a wet/dry filter from 2008 til I broke down my fowlr 150g in 2014. I knew what a sump was about, back then but frankly didn't NEED it...Just find a system that has a sump. I can’t see every not having one In this hobby . Big Skimmer , and a refugium is big
Say you are starting a new tank that's at least 75g. Not drilled. No room for a sump. What's your strategy to setup filtration for a stand-alone system you want running for 10+ years? As a display tank, what's the "minimum" so you don't have a ton of hardware cluttering your view, but still have a stable, vibrant ecosystem? In-tank skimmer? In-tank refugium? Bio-Pellet Reactor? Carbon? GFO? Mechanical filtration? What if there's no room for HOB?
What kind of system do you setup?
18 years and counting, 40 UK gallon. Tunze 9012 skimmer, Tunze 6045 wave maker and fluval 306 external, 5 gal weekly water changes plus daily nopox dose.Say you are starting a new tank that's at least 75g. Not drilled. No room for a sump. What's your strategy to setup filtration for a stand-alone system you want running for 10+ years? As a display tank, what's the "minimum" so you don't have a ton of hardware cluttering your view, but still have a stable, vibrant ecosystem? In-tank skimmer? In-tank refugium? Bio-Pellet Reactor? Carbon? GFO? Mechanical filtration? What if there's no room for HOB?
What kind of system do you setup?