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Originally Posted by Doug
My 50g is sumpless. Running on a Tunze Reefpack 505. Simple, quiet, low power and foolproof. Suits me just fine. My remote sump was high end quality and worked perfect also, just not my cup of tea. I know its not the big thing on this side of the ocean but it is in Europe, where many residence are smaller and sumps are not popular.
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Those Reefpacks look pretty interesting. I have run both types of tanks and have never really had problems either way. I have used a couple of different styles of HOB skimmers with my Aquamaxx being the favorite as there is only 2 small pipes in the water. The only problem I've had is that once my skimmer went nuts and started overflowing and if I wasn't right beside the tank it would have dumped a lot of water on the floor. The in tank Tunzes look like a safer way to go but if you think overflow boxes in the tank are ugly you probably don't want one of the internal skimmers. I usually throw on an Aquaclear power filter to run carbon or what not and use the sponge for a little extra mechanical filtration, it takes about a minute to clean.