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Old 06-29-2009, 07:18 PM   #15 (permalink)
sunfire99
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Originally Posted by kid creole View Post
The funny thing about sumps is that people who don't have them like to tell people who do have them how bad they are. I don't get it.
Now that's the truth.

I don't "defend" sumps, but would argue the claims that they are "not good for planted tanks". As for CO2 offgassing, my 5lb cylinder is approaching 3 months use in a 100 gallon display tank that uses a sump, and that's running CO2 12 hours per day. The sump is also an EXCELLENT mechanical filter. I use only a 100 micron filter sock on the overflow and it removes 4 or 5 times the gunk that the XP3 running in the same tank collects.
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