dejazurezra
Reefing newb
hey I'm gwendolyn, I'm new to this site and marine fish keeping
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and i've been harboring a question in the part of my head that holds uncomfortable confusion. lol
I bought this system because the guy told me it works and he owns it. this one ---> Penn-Plax Cascade Canister Filter
yet, everywhere I research, websites and books, it says that sumps are essencial for aquariums and I see all these technical tubes going in and out and overflow machines and blah blah things going over my head when I spent some money on this.
so my question is...is this filter different than a sump? does it act as a sump? because it sits underneath my 55gallon tank pumping water in and out of tubes which kind of looks like a sump i would think? or is this just a downgrade of a sump, and sumps are better...or maybe this filter is better? haha ive no idea. i'm still learning.
This is more of a jumbled up concern other than a specific question, but my tank is young and is almost on the verge of cycling so i think it would be pretty important to know haha. thank you sooooo much if you can help me!!
and i've been harboring a question in the part of my head that holds uncomfortable confusion. lol
I bought this system because the guy told me it works and he owns it. this one ---> Penn-Plax Cascade Canister Filter
yet, everywhere I research, websites and books, it says that sumps are essencial for aquariums and I see all these technical tubes going in and out and overflow machines and blah blah things going over my head when I spent some money on this.
so my question is...is this filter different than a sump? does it act as a sump? because it sits underneath my 55gallon tank pumping water in and out of tubes which kind of looks like a sump i would think? or is this just a downgrade of a sump, and sumps are better...or maybe this filter is better? haha ive no idea. i'm still learning.
This is more of a jumbled up concern other than a specific question, but my tank is young and is almost on the verge of cycling so i think it would be pretty important to know haha. thank you sooooo much if you can help me!!