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charmanderzor · 03/30/2010, 03:20 PM

Hey man thanks so much for the long helpful post I really appreciate it. =]

I kinda get it but I have a few questions though:

1) You keep your protein skimmer in your baffle(first chamber) ok so the protein skimmer does its work, and where does the water go out from the protein skimmer? Does it just drop back into the first chamber and go through the green lines? because I seen a sump where they just let the water go through the first chamber and up the bubble trap, then in the second chamber they put their protein skimmer and the protein skimmer water drops into the third chamber that returns the water into the main tank. im kinda confused a little about where the place the protein skimmer.

2) When evaporation occurs in your sump what do u do? Cause if theres missing water, doesn't the overflow on top stop working since theres missing amount of water and no water can get into the overflow?

3) okay, in ur sump, the refugium part all the way on the left i have a question. okay so u grow plants there that reduce nitrates, why is that area completely blocked off from everything y dont u let water go through there lastly then go up the return since the plants there reduce nitrates?

4) do u think u could go more into detail for what u use ur refugium really for if its blocked off from everything.. i no it reduces nitrates but the water doesnt go into the main tank so whats it use then? in ur second chamber, the water returns up into ur main tank, how do u get water into ur refugium when u want to? do u just press that red looking button to drop water into ur refugium or something?

5) okay, so a refugium can be mistaken for a quarantine, but it really isn't, people just put a fish thats causing trouble in their refugium to separate it from others.(the refugium though is not a quarantine, but can be mistaken for one?) so even if i have a sump, i'll need to buy a new separate tank thats a quarantine to put new fishes in cause u dont put new fishes in a refugium, only fishes that are causing trouble etc?

thanks man i hope u answer, ur post was really helpful i get how a sump works sorta =p

03/30/2010, 03:20 PM	#4
charmanderzor Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3	Hey man thanks so much for the long helpful post I really appreciate it. =] I kinda get it but I have a few questions though: 1) You keep your protein skimmer in your baffle(first chamber) ok so the protein skimmer does its work, and where does the water go out from the protein skimmer? Does it just drop back into the first chamber and go through the green lines? because I seen a sump where they just let the water go through the first chamber and up the bubble trap, then in the second chamber they put their protein skimmer and the protein skimmer water drops into the third chamber that returns the water into the main tank. im kinda confused a little about where the place the protein skimmer. 2) When evaporation occurs in your sump what do u do? Cause if theres missing water, doesn't the overflow on top stop working since theres missing amount of water and no water can get into the overflow? 3) okay, in ur sump, the refugium part all the way on the left i have a question. okay so u grow plants there that reduce nitrates, why is that area completely blocked off from everything y dont u let water go through there lastly then go up the return since the plants there reduce nitrates? 4) do u think u could go more into detail for what u use ur refugium really for if its blocked off from everything.. i no it reduces nitrates but the water doesnt go into the main tank so whats it use then? in ur second chamber, the water returns up into ur main tank, how do u get water into ur refugium when u want to? do u just press that red looking button to drop water into ur refugium or something? 5) okay, so a refugium can be mistaken for a quarantine, but it really isn't, people just put a fish thats causing trouble in their refugium to separate it from others.(the refugium though is not a quarantine, but can be mistaken for one?) so even if i have a sump, i'll need to buy a new separate tank thats a quarantine to put new fishes in cause u dont put new fishes in a refugium, only fishes that are causing trouble etc? thanks man i hope u answer, ur post was really helpful i get how a sump works sorta =p