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11-22-2005, 06:35 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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 |  Sump??
I have a 75 gallon tank and I am setting up a sump, does anybody have any diagrams on how high and far apart I should put the dividers in a 20 gallon long tank? Thanks! | 
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11-23-2005, 06:46 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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http://www.3reef.com/forums/attachme...g?d=1100419307
OK, I'm not saying mine is right. Just use it as information and go from there. If you look at the picture the flow from the aquarium goes down to the right side of the refugium. It is sectioned off in a small area so that it doesn't create turbulent flow in the sand or around the plants. The water then has to flow up to get into the main section of the sump/refugium. As it flows thru the main area the water is directed downward towards the middle of the tank. This creates low and moderate flow areas in the main area for different types of mAcroalgae. It also keeps the water from just flowing from the top to the top with little intermixing in the main area. The next area is for mechanical filtration. It is compact and allows for the use of sponges or carbon to placed plus all the flow has to go through there. The left wall is set about an 1 1/2" lower than the right so the sump doesnt have to fill all the way up to start pumping. Plus it allows some bacflow from the aquarium without overflowing the sump. The left area was strictly designed for the size of my pump. I didn't want to drill any glass so I used a submersible pump. If the siphon breaks on the overflow the pump can only pump out the water from the sectioned off area it is in. So it leaves the sump full of water and usually theres enough water in the bottom of the left side to keep the pump from burning up.
Look around there are other designs. I amsure you will find one you like.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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11-23-2005, 07:47 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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| sump/ fuge tank?
Does anybody else have any more diagrams that will help me? Thanks! | |
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11-23-2005, 08:41 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
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11-23-2005, 09:15 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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http://www.melevsreef.com/
Excellent site with lots of tips. I refered heavily to this when designing and building my sump.
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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12-19-2005, 06:05 PM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Reno. NV Age: 42
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Great links everyone! Really helpful!
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12-20-2005, 04:24 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kingston, Ohio Age: 39
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12-21-2005, 05:13 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 50
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Yes, check out the melevs site. I posted that site last year and built my sump from one of the designs. I used a simple design of 3 compartments. One for the flow of water from the tank to the sump where my skimmer sits. This overflows into the middle compartment for my DSB and Refugium. This then overflows into the last compartment where my return pump sits. The center compartment is the largest with the 2 end compartments built to fit my skimmer and return pump. Its very simple and works well. _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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12-21-2005, 07:27 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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I'm a little concerned with a 20 gal being used for a sump/fuge. It may not be able to handle the volume in a power outage on a 75 gal tank
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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12-22-2005, 07:41 AM
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| | Plankton
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kingston, Ohio Age: 39
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I have a 20 sump on my 75.
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