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Old 08-29-2007, 11:00 PM
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Hello Everyone-

I recently purchased a house that came with a really nice aquarium setup. I have to basically start rom scratch as far as getting it going because the last owner took his fish, substrate, and everything else in the tank. I've been doing a lot o research online and I'm getting close to getting the ball going. My main tank is a 75 gallon tank which has a 55 gallon tank below it that is used as a sump tank. My question why is my sump tank divided into 3 sections, one o which is much bigger than the other 2.

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Old 08-29-2007, 11:03 PM
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Mike, here is a diagram of a modern reef setup, this should give you some light with what your 3 areas of your sump are for:

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