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Here's an updated sump design. It has a smaller skimmer section and much larger return section. Approx volume of the drain/skimmer section is 15 gallons. Approx volume of the return section is 21 gallons at normal operating water level. Total volume of the sump is about 70 gallons. I will still add a bubble chamber for the return from the remote refugium. Still debating on how to do that.
What do you think about the 4" baffle at the bottom of the drain section? Do you think it would trap detritus before the skimmer? The sump will be constructed out of 3/8" acrylite acrylic. Do you think it needs a rim around the top?
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Cant wait to see this ting up and running!
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Looking great drummer. Your making mine look like a redneck fish tank.
BTW, we talked about the Marcorocks. I got half my order today and the stuff is awesome. Not to mention 1/4 the price of live rock.
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Very nice indeed. I just saw it over in your thread. The rock looks amazing. Definitely what I will be putting in my reef.
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Thanks Eel-byte. Me too!
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I would soak that baserock in vinegar and water and then cook it for a while(4-8 weeks), while seeding it with live rock... I couldn't believe the amount of po4 that mine leached. Of course it masked itself for the first few years with just prolonged algae stages typical of new tanks and then exploded...
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Ewww. That's not good. Thanks for the heads up, Hop. I might get started on that sooner than later then. Do you really think the 'explosion' of phosphate was only from the rock? Were there any changes to your system that might have caused this buildup?
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I bet you would see po4 readings as high as .05 at the end of the first week of cooking.
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Wow, thanks for the heads up on that one. You know, now that you say it I have noticed an influx of dinos with people using these rocks. I'll definitely soak and cook them before they go in the display. I got all kinds of time before this thing get up and running. Hey Hop, what do you think of the sump design?
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Sump design looks good, but I don't know how much that 4" baffle is really going to do. It would definitely depend on the amount of water flow you've got going through the sump, but in any case I'd think it needs to be taller to be effective. How do you plan on cleaning out that area if it does work well?
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It looks good. I would probably make the skimmer section bigger just in case next year skimmer company X comes out with the best of the best skimmer, but you need a 20x20 space for it...
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Hop, when you got the marcorocks was it prior to the time that they started "pre-cycling" the rock?
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Is there anything else you would add? I might want to do a rack for probes, but I can design that after I get the sump built. I'll run carbon in a reactor so I probably won't do a section for bags. All will be plumbed off the main return pump from the manifold.
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But I'm not sure how much pre-cycling is really going on. From what I see and read, he is so busy and short on rock alot (which is a good thing)... But I would still take that extra step, to avoid problems down the road...
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Ok, got it Hop. I was trying to figure the "actual" footprint for the 250 the last couple days and the smallest I could make it was 13.5 x 16.5. This was wall to wall with no extra space, and I had to turn the output in a bit. I'll go ahead and make the skimmer section 20" square.
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Here's another design for the sump, per Melev's request. He wanted to see a top rim with radius corners and a center brace for maximum support. I also re-measured the space under the stand and can squeeze a couple more inches in this thing. This will give me approx 75 gallons at only 14" high.
Thoughts?
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Looks good Brett!!
Gonna be a sweet setup!!
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Very nice! You are going to love all that space.
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