Refugium design?

toku58 · 03/23/2014, 02:33 PM

What do you guys think about this design?

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ReeferMark · 03/23/2014, 03:00 PM

Looks like a good design. Are you making this sump/refugium yourself?

maddmaxx · 03/23/2014, 04:47 PM

design looks basic. and i say basic in a good way. simple design. how most of us run sumps. so your set...

nlgill13 · 03/23/2014, 04:59 PM

This is actually exactly how I have my sump set up. I would suggest not using a filter in between the fuge and the return (it will get be a detritus trap/nitrate factory).

rldcpa · 03/23/2014, 05:17 PM

You don't want a lot of volume going through the refugium so put it on the end and either use a small pump to feed it and overflow back to return or use a T with a valve.

toku58 · 03/23/2014, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by nlgill13

This is actually exactly how I have my sump set up. I would suggest not using a filter in between the fuge and the return (it will get be a detritus trap/nitrate factory).

The filter is the cheap blue type you buy at LFS. I can change it out easily if it starts to get build up. The main reason I'm using it is to prevent pods or and bits from the refugium to go back up into the main tank.

I was wondering if I should add another wall to make the flow start towards the mid area of the refugium? As it sits now it would flow over the top from one end to the other. By installing another wall with a mid exit into the fugue might be better?

ViktorVaughn · 03/23/2014, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by rldcpa

You don't want a lot of volume going through the refugium so put it on the end and either use a small pump to feed it and overflow back to return or use a T with a valve.

I put mine at the opposite end of where my water drains into my sump for this same reason. I just put a ball valve downstream of where the drain line T's off to the refugium so I can adjust the flow the refugium gets. Intake/skimmer section on left, return in the middle, refugium on the right.

rfgonzo · 03/23/2014, 07:50 PM

Design is a good design, the only thing I'm not too sure is your water volume? Depending on the size of this sump you're pretty close to the top of the tank if you were to have a power outage you do not want your sump to overflow. How much space will you have from the waterline to the top of the tank? And what size sump is it and for what size DT.

toku58 · 03/23/2014, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rfgonzo

Design is a good design, the only thing I'm not too sure is your water volume? Depending on the size of this sump you're pretty close to the top of the tank if you were to have a power outage you do not want your sump to overflow. How much space will you have from the waterline to the top of the tank? And what size sump is it and for what size DT.

My main tank is 40 gal. and the refugium is a 20 gal. the water level will be 10" the tank height is 16".
As for power outage I've made sure that the skim box and the return nozzle won't drain much water should the power go out.

03/23/2014, 02:33 PM	#1
toku58 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 334	Refugium design? What do you guys think about this design? Side view Top view

03/23/2014, 04:47 PM	#3
maddmaxx Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 3,003	design looks basic. and i say basic in a good way. simple design. how most of us run sumps. so your set... __________________ One Life One Shot Current Tank Info: 40B Mixed reef

03/23/2014, 04:59 PM	#4
nlgill13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Boulder,CO Posts: 1,291	This is actually exactly how I have my sump set up. I would suggest not using a filter in between the fuge and the return (it will get be a detritus trap/nitrate factory). __________________ 90G DT w/ 30G sump, 2 Apollo SolarBlast Dimmable LEDs, 160 Reef Octopus Extreme, Neptune Apex, Mag 7, MP10 & MP40

03/23/2014, 05:17 PM	#5
rldcpa Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 498	You don't want a lot of volume going through the refugium so put it on the end and either use a small pump to feed it and overflow back to return or use a T with a valve. __________________ 245g 72x30x26, SRO5000 skimmer, WB HY-7000 pump, custom sump 60x24x18, 3 Maxspect Razor 160w LED, Neptune Apex, 4 Tunze 6105, Bubble Magus Doser, 80 watt Emperor UV, 2 800w heaters

03/23/2014, 03:00 PM	#2
ReeferMark Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Palos Hills, Il. Posts: 64	Looks like a good design. Are you making this sump/refugium yourself?

03/23/2014, 07:50 PM	#8
rfgonzo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,280	Design is a good design, the only thing I'm not too sure is your water volume? Depending on the size of this sump you're pretty close to the top of the tank if you were to have a power outage you do not want your sump to overflow. How much space will you have from the waterline to the top of the tank? And what size sump is it and for what size DT.