Ms_Mermaid

Well youre screwed then if you want to run a canister with hidden pipes, unless you drill the tank for bulkhead fittings and plumb the canister up to them.

Or do the same with a small sump [emoji848]

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Show us a photo of the actual tank. You could potentially put some kind of 3d rock background on the side facing the wall and hide the intake pipe behind it and have a spray bar at the top jetting across the surface.

There is no side facing the wall as it's a room divider.



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There is no side facing the wall as it's a room divider.



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Oh no, i see what you mean..
On the side wall where the cabinet wraps around.
I had thought of that too.

However I'm beginning to think a small sump might be essier for maintenance purposes [emoji848]

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From about one thousand litres and up.
Only reason I’d put a sump on a small freshwater tank would be if I was going to overstock the tank and needed lots of media (and additional water to dilute nitrates).

Right ok..

I'm still not sure about how many i'll put in there yet.

Any ideas on how to hide hoses from the cannister to the tank?

Its going to form a room divider so will be seen from both sides.

Similar to this:

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~ 1,000L

Sorry i don't understand what that means..

I will have a 5ft tank. Approx 240L

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Sump are great... if you have a reason to have a sump otherwise they take up room, can be a liability if you design them poorly or if glass cracks.
Sumps are perfect if you have lots of gear required to run your setup like a marine reef tank or very large freshwater tanks with higher bioloads.

What would you consider to be a very large freshwater setup?

Unsure wether to go down this route or just stick with my sunsun 3000

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