Fluidized bed filters, are they worth adding to a wet/dry sump set up?

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    Title says it all, I have a wet dry sump rated for 100 gallons on my 40 gallon reef. I was thinking of adding a fluidized bed filter off the sump, are they useful? I do have an in sump protien skimmer and a refugium in sump, a uv sterilizer in line right before water is returned to the tank.
     
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    Some folks like em.The only reason I personally would add one is to maybe run phos-ban or something like that.But thats just me.
     
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