What are the benefits of having an aquarium sump?

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If you have a live rock in your aquarium, you do not need a wet-dry filter sump. This is because the live rock acts as a natural filter.

The main types of aquarium sumps are: Berlin Sumps, wet/dry filter sumps, and Refugium sumps.

You don't have to buy a sump for your aquarium, it's a basically up to you if you want to buy one or not.

The main benefits are that the sump adds additional beneficial tank water volume to your system. It can provide additional aeration to your system and it can also contribute to improve the aquarium water. Moreover, it is an ideal place to locate different types of water filtration systems such as biological and chemical filtration systems.

In my opinion a sump has lots of benefits to your aquarium and nowadays you can find sump systems that are very easy to put together and are pretty cheap.

A sump is an extra water containment area usually located underneath the aquarium; this unit provides the aquarium with various types of water filtration.

The five most recommended aquarium skimmers are: Aqua Medic Turboflotor 1000 blue hang-on skimmer, Aqua C Remora protein skimmer, AquaticLife internal mini skimmer 115, Eshopps hang-on tank protein skimmer and the Lee's Counter Current protein skimmer. Each has its own benefit.

A sump skimmer is a very popular skimmer because it savesspace as opposed to some other types of skimmers on the market. Sumps are always outside of the tank. Here is a link to a great blog explaining howa salt water sump works with some helpful pictures:http://www.brettsreef.com/how-a-saltwater-aquarium-sump-works/