+Dogfish Posted June 15, 2018 Share Posted June 15, 2018 I decided to go with some cryptic sponges and other creatures that live in the dark to help with filtration. I found this water plant basket for ponds. It has a billion holes for water flow. My sump does not have a light and its pretty dark under the tank. I can place this in the middle chamber with some broken up rock rock. Add the cryptic sponge seeder rocks. It should slow down the flow and block light for anything inside. Does anyone see any reason this will not work???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I used one of those baskets to hold anemones for a while, It worked pretty well, but the holes are pretty fine and it did clog up pretty frequently with gunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timfish Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I think it will work great! Some sponges will like higher or lower flow so I would expect to see a range of species over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dogfish Posted June 16, 2018 Author Share Posted June 16, 2018 Do you think i need some bigger holes or to elevate the basket an inch off the bottom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolt Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 I think it elevating it will help. Like Tim said, it shouldl be fine, but you may need to clean it from time to time, depending on how much sludge is building up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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