hob fuge gives me about 5 inches of clearance… i know, not a lot. Right now I have a carbon reactor and my apex probes in it. I planned on either having the skimmer plumped into the fuge or right into the display. I have an entire room behind the tank for equipment/ storage.
Ha! The tank is 7th months old on may 1st and most of my sps are 1-2 month old 1 inch frags… but encrusting well and shooting out branches! I also have a TON of rock (160lbs of caribsea rock which i believe to help eat up nitrates as i have had to dose them for a few months now. I’ve thought about doing a hob overflow for a sump, essentially eliminating the need for the hob fuge at all, but i’m honestly uneducated on the idea of it.
I tried the 9012! Unfortunately it was faulty brand new (leaked bubbles + would constantly fill with water and overflow because of some kind of pump error) but it was nice looking!
Long term that sounds a lot more worth it… I also want to implement a UV and possibly ozone in the future so having a sump will probably be necessary…it's real simple with the HOB overflow. add it to back of tank soft or hard plumb to bottom tank no need for gate valve as you return plump will dictate turn over rate.
for the return you can just go over the top I have used 1" PVC then I used really strong velco to attach it to the back of the tank. you dont want that slipping off.
if you decide to go that way we can walk you through the process there are alot of knowable ppl on the site.
yeah if you want all that stuff just do the sump. even better if you can drill the tank. but that is more complected and will require move the LR and fish to holding tanks.
