40g breeder questions

[Sexytang]

I’m going to be upgrading from my 36g bowfront to a 40g breeder Monday. And was wondering if 20lb of salt would work ok in there just really wanting a little to cover the bottom for looks. And would a this filter be to much or would it work great.

 

[Sexytang]

Would 40lb be overkill? It’s going to be dry sand not live

 

[tupes]

You might need to rephrase your comment. Do you really want to put 20lbs of salt in the tank? Assuming you mean sand. 20lb in a 40 breeder will be minimal. I'm sure you'll get what you are looking for.

Not familiar with that filter so cant help you there. Mist common HOB is the aquaclear brand

 

[Dempsey941]

40lbs should get you a 1-1.5” sand bed. Its how much I put in mine.

As for a filter if you are going to go HOB equipment don’t cheap out. Grab 2 Aquaclear 70s or 110s stuff them with filter floss, and change out the floss every other week or so.

 

[Natescorals]

For the price of a filter like that you can just build your own sump!

 

[Natescorals]

What about a 5 gallon refugium/sump?

 

[Duncan Tse]

Try googling sandbed calculators. Just have to input the the dimensions of tank and what depth of a sandbed you want and you'll get roughly how many lbs of sand.

Depending on what you put into the filtration, a HOB filter may not even be needed.

IMO if it was me I would just go for a good quality HOB skimmer and ditch the filter.

Best would be to drill the tank and use a sump so you can hide all your equipment.

 

[cww81]

I run an Aquaclear 70 with a Reef Octopus hob 1000 skimmer on my 40 breeder and I have no complaints. I also have 40 pounds of sand and rock as well. I have 2 clownfish, a clean up crew, and 21 different corals as well that are all doing great with noticeable growth in the 3 months the tank has been cycled. Hope this helps!

 

[Yates273]

I know a lot of people use a HOB filter with success but if you have the funds look into a Fiji cube overflow and drill the tank. This way you can run a sump which is ideal. Drilling the 40 gallon is super easy and the Fiji comes with everything you need to install on your tank.