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Help me design a Red Sea Reefer 350 Sump

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Jonathan Chia

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Hello,

Will probably be picking up a red sea reefer 350 and I had some questions around the stock sump

I anticipate life getting pretty busy down the line so ideally would like to keep maintenance as low as possible and minimize complicated setup.

Could I go with something as simple as a return pump, heater + oversized skimmer?

I've always thought that I wanted to go with a refugium, but not sure the stock sump has much room for that
 
If you oversize your skimmer it won't really work well. Unless you have a ton of fish and feed a lot. Get the right sized one and clean it once or twice a week
 
Coral reefer said:
If you oversize your skimmer it won't really work well. Unless you have a ton of fish and feed a lot. Get the right sized one and clean it once or twice a week
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He's right.

I have an oversized Skimmer and even with a high fish load I still struggle. I ended up running my Skimmer at night only or else it doesn't pull enough out to keep the foam column stable and flow into the cup.
 
You need to find a way to do nutrient export. Either water changes, bio-pellet, carbon dosing, marco algae etc.




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So it seems just a skimmer isn't enough for nutrient export?

Don't know if there's enough room for skimmer + Fuge in the reefer 350 sump...Seems like the fuge might be too small
 
You can convert you stock ATO tank into a fuge and put another ATO container on the dry side. I have the 525xl and I'm using both the ATO + half of the sump as fuge (2 fuges)

+1 on oversizing your skimmer will result in annoying inconsistent skimming
 
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