nrancilio
02/27/2008, 06:00 PM
Hello,
I currently run a 180 gallon fish only with live rock (soon to add more inverts when funding is available) that has sand in the 30 gallon refugium/sump under the stand. We used a company to build/ set up the aquarium for us and they used a Filter Sock to cover the outflow from the tank. This is 2" PVC piping. I really don't like the sock as I feel it impedes stuff from getting to the protein skimmer (a much better mechanical filter than the sock?) and it needs to be cleaned every couple days or so. The problem is that if I remove the sock and just let water free flow all of the sand in the bottom of the sump gets disturbed and blown all over the place.
I was thinking of adding an PVC elbow to the sump outflow and attaching another length of PVC pipe with an end cap. I would then drill holes across the length of the end cap to make a spray bar. Does anyone think this is a good/feasible alternative to the filter sock?
I currently run a 180 gallon fish only with live rock (soon to add more inverts when funding is available) that has sand in the 30 gallon refugium/sump under the stand. We used a company to build/ set up the aquarium for us and they used a Filter Sock to cover the outflow from the tank. This is 2" PVC piping. I really don't like the sock as I feel it impedes stuff from getting to the protein skimmer (a much better mechanical filter than the sock?) and it needs to be cleaned every couple days or so. The problem is that if I remove the sock and just let water free flow all of the sand in the bottom of the sump gets disturbed and blown all over the place.
I was thinking of adding an PVC elbow to the sump outflow and attaching another length of PVC pipe with an end cap. I would then drill holes across the length of the end cap to make a spray bar. Does anyone think this is a good/feasible alternative to the filter sock?