ADA 60P overflow box + sump vs IM 25 lagoon

[cojo8888]

Hello everyone!

I'm currently doing well with my ADA 60p tank without sump.

My current equipments list are

skimmer : Tunze 9001 nano skimmer
filter : Coralife hangon marine filter + skimmer built in with marinepure bioball
heaters : Aquaeon preset heater (eheim 150w back up heater for wc or emergency)
DIY acrylic ATO
Light : kessil a360we

but! I'm moving in with my fiance at new place next year January! (which is less than 4 months)
I'm so excited on both my new chapter of my life and new tank setup.

Anyway, I was debating to start new tank go with innovative marine lagoon 25
(Definitely need to upgrade on skimmers and use ada tank as emergency one)

or add overflow box to current ADA 60p and do sump.

If I go with sump.. I personally never used sump before.. and not sure my paranoid butt can handle about overflow box with broken siphon, flood everywhere etc... So it will be challenging for me.. but I think those extra 10g water below will help a lot to stabilize my water parameter..

I do love the ADA tank's clarity but same time my light is overkill for current tank.. which is kessil a360we (huge promotion sale on new product couldn't pass)

Also I hear lot of leakage on innovative marine products.

Both are same amount of water at the end
and not sure which tank will be more good for my light and my livestocks..

1 Sixline wrasse
1 Clownfish
1 Juvenile Blue tang
(I have almost penny size blue tang in my tank.. Yes you heard it I do have it in my 16 g tank)
1cleaner shrimp
1 red fire shrimp
6 snails

xenia colony
green star polyph colony
zoas colony
torch coral

Give me some advice and opinion pls!

 

[Jrainey312]

I have an innovative nuvo 20 and wish I was able to have a sump. I dont like seeing the skimmer and other things I have in the rear chamber.

You'd just have to make sure in your sump you have enough extra volume incase the power goes out the water can drain into it till it gets below the overflow from the tank. Also with a dumb you'll have more room for equipment maybe a refugium if you want I think it's a more versatile way.

But the AIO system makes it easier to be simple just my $.02