Show Us Your SUMPLESS Tank(s) !

[Finatik]

My last large tank was a 180 gallon, and I ran it with a Sump, Protein Skimmer, Chiller, UV Sterilizer, Heater, Metal Halides, and just about every other piece of equipment you can think of.
BUT... more and more, I'm seeing Reefers who are successfully running small and large reef aquariums "without a Sump", or some of the other traditional equipment that we who have been in the hobby for a while have always used.
SO... if you do not use a Sump in your reef aquarium, please share your tank with us - especially if you have a tank that is 40 gallons or above.
Please specify:

1. Picture of Tank
2. Tank Size
3. Corals -or - Fish Only
4. Filtration Method / Equipment
5. Lighting type
6. Any extra equipment you use
7. Any chemical additives/dosing you use
8. Water change frequency & how much

 

[Travis Rider]

I don't have a current picture of my tank available right now but I do want to follow this post.
I have a 75 gallon tank that I am running with a Fluval canister filter. I keep carbon and floss in the canister.
I also run a UV filter in the tank (place in back corner), 2 powerheads, and a heater.
Lighting is a Current USA Orbit LED light - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GFTSV24/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I do water changes every three to four weeks (10G-15G) depending on my schedule.

 

[nemo1017]

1.
2. 50 gallon oceanic
3. Soft/lps/sps
4.aquaclear 110 modded to a refugium. Eshopps psk 100h protein skimmer. Eheim surface skimmer.
5. Odyssea 4 bulb t5 bulb fixture with timer.
6. Eheim 250 watt heater. Jebao rw4. Jebao dp2 doser.
7. Purigen. SeAgel. Matrix. Chaetomorpha. All of this in the aquaclear 110.
8. Change 5 gallons every week with reef crystals.

^^^tank started December 2012^^^^^

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I'll bump this for more pics!

 

[Jason mack]

My old tank 100 liter Juwel rekkord ,
Tunze protein skimmer ,
150w heater
Tunze 6040 powerhead
Internal bio filter sponges
Easylite LED,
WC 10-20% every week
Only dosed Colombo all in one and Colombo coral vits , roughly 4-6 ml per week
Tank was 1 year old mostly soft corals with a couple of sps

 

[cypherljk]

bump...

 

[Jason mack]

1.
2. 50 gallon oceanic
3. Soft/lps/sps
4.aquaclear 110 modded to a refugium. Eshopps psk 100h protein skimmer. Eheim surface skimmer.
5. Odyssea 4 bulb t5 bulb fixture with timer.
6. Eheim 250 watt heater. Jebao rw4. Jebao dp2 doser.
7. Purigen. SeAgel. Matrix. Chaetomorpha. All of this in the aquaclear 110.
8. Change 5 gallons every week with reef crystals.

^^^tank started December 2012^^^^^

That's an awesome amount of coralline algae you have there !!!

 

[Vahanyos]

1.

2. 60 gallon (tank pics are not up to date, will post more later with all new additions)

3. Long tentacle anemone (bubble tip I think, pink) , some zoas, frogspawn, stylo, red mushrooms, goniopora. One black and white clown, one melunurus weasse. Cleaner shrimp. Hermit crabs and snails.

4. Tunze 9001 skimmer( pulls good gunk), tunze 3162 filter with chemipure elite and filter floss only. Used also for surface skimming.

5. Odyssea t5HO 4 bulb fixture with 2 blue plus and 2 coral plus

6. 150w heater, 850gph and 1150gph koralias on a wavemaker.

7. No dosing.

8. Weekly 10gallon water changes using Red Sea salt.

 

[Mandrew]

Let see some more!

 

[Finatik]

1.
2. 50 gallon oceanic
3. Soft/lps/sps
4.aquaclear 110 modded to a refugium. Eshopps psk 100h protein skimmer. Eheim surface skimmer.
5. Odyssea 4 bulb t5 bulb fixture with timer.
6. Eheim 250 watt heater. Jebao rw4. Jebao dp2 doser.
7. Purigen. SeAgel. Matrix. Chaetomorpha. All of this in the aquaclear 110.
8. Change 5 gallons every week with reef crystals.

^^^tank started December 2012^^^^^

WOW ! The coralline algae in your tank is off the chain ! That's great ! That means you're doing alot right !

 

[Vahanyos]

 

[Luis Figueroa]

I fall short on the gallons by 10 but here's my 30 gallon cube.
Sps dominate with a few lps and zoas.
Hob emperor 400 with red Sea Berlin 90 skimmer (air driven)
Stock carbon filter (on one side)
10 gallon wc (weekly)
Dosing t.m balling method
Part A (15ml)
Part B(10ml)
Part C(15ml)
Ato (tunze)
O.r leds t247
Jebao wavemakers (pp4,pp8)
Maxxi jet 600

 

[Finatik]

Nice tank !

1. Tank Size ?
2. Filtration Method / Equipment ?
3. Lighting type ?
4. Any extra equipment you use ?
5. Any chemical additives/dosing you use ?
6. Water change frequency & how much ?

 

[BC1906]

1. 56 gallon
2. LPS dominate
3. Aquamaxx HOB-1 skimmer and tunze 3162 internal filter
4. 165w full spectrum
5. 2 pp-4 powerheads
6. Chemipure blue. Only dose reef energy a and b and reef roids.
7. Ever 2 weeks, 20-25 gallons

 

[Vahanyos]

Nice tank !

1. Tank Size ?
2. Filtration Method / Equipment ?
3. Lighting type ?
4. Any extra equipment you use ?
5. Any chemical additives/dosing you use ?
6. Water change frequency & how much ?

Thanks bud! Still a work in progress! I was beating myself up when I just began thinking I NEED a sump. Never been more wrong lol. Truth be told I can do without a skimmer too but I'm just testing this out. Honestly, I think my corals were doing better without the skimmer :/

 

[BC1906]

Thanks bud! Still a work in progress! I was beating myself up when I just began thinking I NEED a sump. Never been more wrong lol. Truth be told I can do without a skimmer too but I'm just testing this out. Honestly, I think my corals were doing better without the skimmer :/

Depends what type of corals you have. LPS corals require more nutrients so your skimmer could be removing too much nutrients. Some people only run their skimmers part of the day. I just set mine for a drier skim and dose reef roids and reef energy a and b

 

[jwhann6]

Tank Size : 15 gallons
Mixed Reef
Filtration : HOB that runs Chemipure with filter floss
Lighting: Black Box LEDS
Extra Equipment: Nothing special, just a heater, HOB, 2 hydor powerheads (240gph &180gph) and lights
Water Changes: 10% weekly

Tank is about 14 months old, went really slow with this set up to ensure stability, now that things have remained constant for a few months I'll be adding a yellow clown goby and some more corals over the next few weeks.

 

[Finatik]

1.
2. 50 gallon oceanic
3. Soft/lps/sps
4.aquaclear 110 modded to a refugium. Eshopps psk 100h protein skimmer. Eheim surface skimmer.
5. Odyssea 4 bulb t5 bulb fixture with timer.
6. Eheim 250 watt heater. Jebao rw4. Jebao dp2 doser.
7. Purigen. SeAgel. Matrix. Chaetomorpha. All of this in the aquaclear 110.
8. Change 5 gallons every week with reef crystals.

^^^tank started December 2012^^^^^

How long did it take to grow out the coralline algae in your tank ? Is there anything special you do to keep your water parameters and eco system just right in your tank (other than what you mentioned above) ?

 

[Finatik]

Nice tanks everybody ! Let's keep it going.
I know there have got to be more sumpless tanks out there !

 

[Vahanyos]

Nice tanks everybody ! Let's keep it going.
I know there have got to be more sumpless tanks out there !

Maybe we're a rare species lol