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Well I'm working with a lot of stuff I presently have to step up to a 125 from the 55 I have now. I plan on having the 55 set up as the sump for the 125. My first question is how much flow do you reccomend I have travel through my sump? The fuge is going to be a 30 gallon tank I have up high and gravity returning to the DT, so that's not a factor in the sump. I do however want the sump to be somewhat of a "benthic zone" in order to grow some natural filtration, so I will do my best to get it very low light, if lit at all. Any design suggestions? As far as flow from the DT I was going to install 2 2" bulkheads (the extra for redundency). The reason for the large size is that I'd like things to be as quiet as I can make them, and I had read that the bigger pipe will keep the noise down. Should I join the 2 overflow pipes into 1 before they hit the sump? I was going to try my best to have them on a slant instead of straight down (again for noise reduction). For now the skimmer in the sump will be my Aqua C Pro driven by a Mag 7, or I was thinking I could use a larger return pump and use it to drive the skimmer as well, maybe even feed the fuge. I was concened however that in that application the 1000+ gallons flowing down to the sump would be awful loud? I was considering having a remote DSB (in addition to the DSB in the fuge) installed between the overflow and the sump, good idea or not? As far as the fuge is concerned I was going to have it fed by a Mag 3, is that enough or too much flow? Thanks for the help as always

I've been there a million times, it's not a bad place at all. Prices on fish can be a little high sometimes. I'm not a HUGE fan of their customer service either, I've been there many many times looking around for about an hour and almost never get asked if I need any help (that may be a small issue to some, but it's a bit of a CS gauge for me, and this on weekdays with not many else in the store). As far as getting there, just hop on 695 towards Towson for you I would guess, and hit exit 30B. You'll come to a light (right off the ramp) with a Jerry's Chevy on your left and a large shopping center on the right, ahead of you. Has a K Mart in it, Exotic Aquatics is right in there.

Thanks for all the help so far, he's one of the best things to come out of a Petco for sure, haha. I was wondering the same thing myself about it being parasites under the skin.

He had a battle with ich a few weeks ago, but has been getting better. Before he was covered in white spots, but it has all but cleared up now (3 spots are all that I can see left). He's been eating very well, but what concerns me are these 3 bumps on his side. Any ideas as to what it may be, or how to treat it? I've been adding formalin to his holding tank for about 5 days now in order to help kick the last of the ich. Thanks for the help folks