[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

My 210g reef, in contrast, evaporates at least 2 or 3 gallons a day. Huge difference.

I also love the 24" width of a 90g wide sump, compared to the 18" of a 75g.

Damn, my 90 gal evaporated that much a day after I put a chiller on it and took the fans off, befor it was 5 gal a day

for sump width there is a disadvantage to 24" wide as well as benifits. if your stand is 24" wide thats 6" less space to place things infront of it.

so lets say he puts a 6" wider stand so there is a ledge around the tank. underneith if there is a 24" wide sump that leaves about 3" of room, if it is a 18" sump then he has about 9" of room to place a Ca reactor, chemicals, tools, ect..

I think now when I do another tank I will take my widest chunk of out of sump equipment and build it to acomadate that.

personaly I would make the stand with a front ledge of 8" a back ledge of 2 or 3" and ends about 8" larger also. this would give you 12" of usable room aprox infront of a 18" wide sump which would be able to acomadat almost anything you want to throw under there.

Steve