A sump with Mantis shrimp zones
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, 03-18-2012 at 08:36 PM (4544 Views)
A customer recently contacted me requesting a project that included a divided section to house two mantis shrimp. These two zones flow slowly into the skimmer zone, and then into the return zone. The display tanks will drain into the mesh socks. An external pump will push the water back up to the display tanks. The customer will drill the sump for the bulkhead himself.
The sump has three mesh filter bags, rather than the common 200 micron filter socks because they don't clog up as quickly.
The two Mantis shrimp will be in the front, and both sections will have an 8" DSB.
A small one would get an area 12" x 6" and then a Zebra Mantis would get the bigger section.
The Top-It-Off Deluxe kit by Aquahub was included, something new I'm going to be offering from my site.
The sump is 37" x 24" x 16"