Quote Originally Posted by Neptune View Post
When you evaporate water the only area you will lose is from the sump .. That is where the pump sits but Im sure you will have an ATO .The skimmer area only needs to be big enough to keep a static water table for skimmer.
As for the sump I will have a ATO and the skimmer section will work, ive kept the exact skimmer I plan to buy before on a larger tank before with a similar sump so im not concerned with that. Mechanical filtration isnt the issue, im more concerned with the xenia forest versus running a typical macro fuge.