Will this sump design work?

krz · 09/21/2012, 12:40 PM

I've been lurking here for a little while and finally decided to post. I wanted to a "sump" into the back of my tank similar to the biocube setups so everything is more compact.

Anyway here is the flow design but, I had a few questions

[IMG]http://i45.*******.com/fp9noi.jpg[/IMG]

The blue is the water flow and the brown is the live sand and the black lines are the acrylic walls.

The question I had was would the water flow correctly like this? or would the sand impede the water flow too much for this to work?

thanks guys!

pop0tart · 09/21/2012, 01:01 PM

The sand would imped the water flow. What type of equipment, if any, do you intend to place in this, or is it just a refugium?

A search for All In One (AIO) setups should yield some results for what others have done with regard to what you're looking to accomplish.

Cable_Guy · 09/21/2012, 02:29 PM

I wouldn't use any sand in that setup, but thats me. At least with live rock only, you could suck out any left over garbage on the bottom after a year or so.

where is your skimmer going to go?

09/21/2012, 12:40 PM	#1
krz Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 3	Will this sump design work? I've been lurking here for a little while and finally decided to post. I wanted to a "sump" into the back of my tank similar to the biocube setups so everything is more compact. Anyway here is the flow design but, I had a few questions [IMG]http://i45.*******.com/fp9noi.jpg[/IMG] The blue is the water flow and the brown is the live sand and the black lines are the acrylic walls. The question I had was would the water flow correctly like this? or would the sand impede the water flow too much for this to work? thanks guys!

09/21/2012, 01:01 PM	#2
pop0tart Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Central PA Posts: 128	The sand would imped the water flow. What type of equipment, if any, do you intend to place in this, or is it just a refugium? A search for All In One (AIO) setups should yield some results for what others have done with regard to what you're looking to accomplish.

09/21/2012, 02:29 PM	#3
Cable_Guy Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 66	I wouldn't use any sand in that setup, but thats me. At least with live rock only, you could suck out any left over garbage on the bottom after a year or so. where is your skimmer going to go?