hi there - I’ve kept planted freshwater aquariums for years but would love to get into this with something like a 20 gallon invert only tank.
My plan is to source some Gulf of Mexico live rock and go from there.
I was reading a few invert only threads and no one mentioned a sump or Refugium. I can see how it would be overkill but is it actually a bad idea due to flow or filtration or something else? I basically was aiming to have a display tank with a secretly much larger water volume to make maintenance easier (I do this with my freshwater tanks).
My plan is to source some Gulf of Mexico live rock and go from there.
I was reading a few invert only threads and no one mentioned a sump or Refugium. I can see how it would be overkill but is it actually a bad idea due to flow or filtration or something else? I basically was aiming to have a display tank with a secretly much larger water volume to make maintenance easier (I do this with my freshwater tanks).