Yes, the aquarium was designed with it built in, so in theory it should give me my aerobic and anaerobic filtration. Other than that I will probably need a good skimmer, we used Tunze back in the day but not sure what’s available now. Cheers Gary.Welcome to R2R, and welcome back to the hobby. Is there any reason you are looking to use a trickle filter? I’ve only been in the hobby since they have been phased out so I’m not too familiar with them.