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Originally Posted by sunfire99
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. |
sunfire99 can you post of how you put the filter sock on the overflow box ? someone back then told me filter sock work really good , but the only way i can do it .it to put it right in my sump which i have to mod the sump for the sock , and i refuse .. show me how you do it ,i'll put that in my overflow and get rip of the eheim .
sorry for the hijack