freshwater sump?????

I just want to hear everyones opinion on using a sump with a freshwater aquarium....Im gonna do it no matter what lol....

I rather have a planted tank then using a sump.

actually a planted tank makes a great freshwater sump.

I been running for three years now a 120 gal f/w with a 29gal home made sump, and you will never regret it, am kinda new posting pictures so Ill try and post a pict on this one, let me measure the pieces of plexi glass I used as cut outs for the 29 sump and ill post those tomorow, the 120 first was used to house my african mix and for the last 4 mos its been a home to my two asagi koi till they go out in the spring. Fern am having trouble on how to post a pic here can you help me.

Use Photobucket to upload pics

I use a wet/dry sump on all my big tanks. Dual pump and dual internal overflows

yeah sumps are great especially where you have fish that you cannot have plants with...put them in your sump toss a light on it ...boom no more algae bloom/no more nitrate problem. All a sump is is a giant bacteria bed in most cases, they also add to the volume of water when calculating tank size so it makes it easier to control your water chemistry.

You should talk to Fern, she has a Planted sump running a huge tank... and it works A+, good luck keep us posted!!

Sumps are great on any tank, wet/dry, planted, fluidized bed, anything you want to throw down there will work well!