Thoughts on this sump layout?

Prochef176 · 06/07/2012, 03:29 PM

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Donkeykong · 06/07/2012, 03:48 PM

Looks good, most of the solid junk will gather in the main skimmer section, you will have to clean the skimmer pump out a little more since it will be drawing some of that in, but not really a problem since cleaning the pump every so often should be something we all do. My biggest question is how are you going to ensure flow in the fuge. I am assuming big empty section is the fuge. From what it looks the water will only flow to the return pump thru the baffles to ensure which will help eliminate an micro bubble in the display, but if that is true then the water can only go in and out of the fuge by way of the short side facing the skimmer, if you are relying on natural water flow once the fuge is full you are going to be getting very little water flow except right at the front, the back end of the fuge is going to get stagnet. What you could do is if you are planning on using a reactor of any kind (gfo, gac, carbon) you could have the feed pump in the fuge and the return back out to the skimmer section. As long as the pump is placed at the opposite side of where the water is coming in then you will get a nice steady flow thru the fuge. Of course this is all based on me understanding your drawing correctly.

Prochef176 · 06/07/2012, 04:07 PM

I had planned on have a t from the return pump feed the fuge but not dead set on it. Thanks for your comments

Donkeykong · 06/08/2012, 08:01 AM

A T from the return would definitly work, in that case you could have the T feed a reactor then the return of the reactor go into the fuge. That is if you had even planned on using a reactor, if not I will stop bringing it up.

Prochef176 · 06/08/2012, 06:17 PM

No thats a great point, I was thinking of it and had been toying with the idea of using one. Then its what type of reactor am I going to use and I spin off down another road! I am most probably going to get one from nextreef, keep it all the same.

Prochef176 · 06/08/2012, 06:27 PM

I saw in a post that you run LED lighting, what do you have. I was leaning towards the radions but have not been 100% convinced. I used to run HQI and had done the standard MH before that. Loved the look of the halides but hated the heat and the energy consumption.

06/07/2012, 03:48 PM	#2
Donkeykong Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Grover Beach CA Posts: 1,847	Looks good, most of the solid junk will gather in the main skimmer section, you will have to clean the skimmer pump out a little more since it will be drawing some of that in, but not really a problem since cleaning the pump every so often should be something we all do. My biggest question is how are you going to ensure flow in the fuge. I am assuming big empty section is the fuge. From what it looks the water will only flow to the return pump thru the baffles to ensure which will help eliminate an micro bubble in the display, but if that is true then the water can only go in and out of the fuge by way of the short side facing the skimmer, if you are relying on natural water flow once the fuge is full you are going to be getting very little water flow except right at the front, the back end of the fuge is going to get stagnet. What you could do is if you are planning on using a reactor of any kind (gfo, gac, carbon) you could have the feed pump in the fuge and the return back out to the skimmer section. As long as the pump is placed at the opposite side of where the water is coming in then you will get a nice steady flow thru the fuge. Of course this is all based on me understanding your drawing correctly.

06/07/2012, 04:07 PM	#3
Prochef176 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Saint Petersburg, FL Posts: 246	I had planned on have a t from the return pump feed the fuge but not dead set on it. Thanks for your comments

06/08/2012, 08:01 AM	#4
Donkeykong Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Grover Beach CA Posts: 1,847	A T from the return would definitly work, in that case you could have the T feed a reactor then the return of the reactor go into the fuge. That is if you had even planned on using a reactor, if not I will stop bringing it up.

06/08/2012, 06:17 PM	#5
Prochef176 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Saint Petersburg, FL Posts: 246	No thats a great point, I was thinking of it and had been toying with the idea of using one. Then its what type of reactor am I going to use and I spin off down another road! I am most probably going to get one from nextreef, keep it all the same.

06/08/2012, 06:27 PM	#6
Prochef176 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Saint Petersburg, FL Posts: 246	I saw in a post that you run LED lighting, what do you have. I was leaning towards the radions but have not been 100% convinced. I used to run HQI and had done the standard MH before that. Loved the look of the halides but hated the heat and the energy consumption.