sumps?

[Jimmy H.]

Ok. I'm no cousteau... what in pretell is a sump?? this is what I got... 29 gal tank cycled water is good a/p test kit, heater 100 watt set to 78 deg. F. fluval 204 with 2 bags of carbon as well as poly filter and 2 bags of noodles. and airation...what else do I need and please get back to me asap as I don't wish to kill this fine animal...! and no he hasn't eaten yet.

[cephalopoder]

A sump is a second tank plumbed to your main tank that prefoms your main filtration. Water flows from your main tank via a over flow in to the sump that contains your filtration, bio balls, live rock, sand bed, macro algae...
The water is then pumped back into the main tank to complete the loop. I would drop your temp a litte to more to 74 for starters. What are you feeding it?