sump idea help

[puffer21]

I was wondering if you thought this would work.
key:
pink- return pump
brown- water pipes
green- cheto
gray- CSS65
purple- the exit part of the corallife supper skimmer which will enter into the section with cheto

Do you think this will work. how does it sound. It will be about a 20 gallon tall tank or a 15 gallon tall not really sure my tank is a 29 gallon.
Thanks for any help puffer21


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/clowne21/other/finalsump.jpg

[jerehmy]

no bad check here for more ideas. Helped me lots.

http://melevsreef.com/what_sump.html

[akrimmel]

are you going to have a substrate where the cheato is?

[puffer21]

i think so im not really sure

[akrimmel]

well if so the way you have it now the skimmer dump will disturb the fuge substrate

[newreefbishop]

agreed.....swith skimmer with fuge....

[puffer21]

well i dont have to have substrate

[ERICN]

I don't see baffles you should let the skimmer spill right back into the first section and run a set of under-over-under baffles or micro bubbles are going to be a problem.

[puffer21]

oh ok

[doox00]

I did this, just silicone in some baffles, pretty easy and effective.

http://westmichiganmoms.net/files/tank/sump.jpg

[jerehmy]

all the ideas I got from melvs reef and they were aswome, I had no problems.

I say my design is soo good because you can controll trhe flow in the fuge. This helps maintain a good pod supply.

Also their is a ballvalve on the excess flow and the fuge feed, I have the excess flow normaly closed but when I feed I open it to reduce the flow in the tank

heres a blue print of my sump/fuge
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/jerehmyd/fuge1-1.jpg

and a real pic after I made it
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/jerehmyd/great030.jpg

[crabsy]

All good ideas, but make sure you leave enough room in there to hold the back flow when pump is off.

[jerehmy]

yeah I have only 15g running and when the "backflow" happens I have another 2.5g flow in but the tank is a 20g so I have plenty of room

[puffer21]

does any one know the dimentions of a 15 gallon tank im trying to figure out the size of the sump.

[jerehmy]

measure how much space you have then figure the largest tank or sump that you can fit

[puffer21]

10 gallon a think. It can only be 10 wide

[BBain]

i made mine out of a 15gal high. you might check into that. same width just taller.

[puffer21]

BBain
[welcome]

and thanks i was wondering the width on that

[BBain]

thanks, i have been a member of fishheads.org for about 6 months now, thought i would check this one out. looks like a sweet site. allot of info!

[jerehmy]

just make sure you double check the info unless you are sure the person who gives it know what they are talking about.

You get a lot of bad info along with lots of good info :)

[puffer21]

have fun on the site