fuge section in sump.

DevilBoy · 05/03/2010, 08:53 AM

If you are too put a fuge section in your sump, how are you suppose to supply water to the section? Should you "t" off your tank drain to the fuge, or should you just "t" off your return line to the fuge?

RocketEngineer · 05/03/2010, 09:23 AM

I would tee off the return line because by that point the water in the sump has had some time to settle out the larger particles. You only want the disolved nutrients going to the refugium. The larger particles should be taken out by the skimmer.

RocketEngineer

herostar · 05/03/2010, 09:27 AM

My sump has three sections.

Left - Drain from display and skimmer
Center - Refugium and heater
Right - Return pump

I just let the water flow through the center section, works pretty well.

sslak · 05/03/2010, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by herostar

My sump has three sections.

Left - Drain from display and skimmer
Center - Refugium and heater
Right - Return pump

I just let the water flow through the center section, works pretty well.

Same. It simplifies things. Also, once you put sand and rock and a big ball of macro algae in there, most of the flow in my fuge goes across the top, the path of least resistance, leaving the lower portion as a "low flow" area.

footballdude2k3 · 05/03/2010, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by herostar

My sump has three sections.

Left - Drain from display and skimmer
Center - Refugium and heater
Right - Return pump

I just let the water flow through the center section, works pretty well.

i dont have a sump for my 20, but with the 40 build that i am doing my 20 will become my sump and this is how i will be setting it up too

05/03/2010, 08:53 AM	#1
DevilBoy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wooster, Ohio Posts: 1,724	fuge section in sump. If you are too put a fuge section in your sump, how are you suppose to supply water to the section? Should you "t" off your tank drain to the fuge, or should you just "t" off your return line to the fuge? __________________ Bare Bottom 90g AGA RR. 2 AI Sol Blue LED Fixtures, SWC 160 cone skimmer. 2 MP40W ES Vortech pumps, 1 MP10W ES Votech pump, Digital Aquatics Reefkeeper Elite, Tunze 1073 internal return pump. 30g custom acrylic sump with refugium. Current Tank Info: 90g AGA RR, custom 30g sump

05/03/2010, 09:23 AM	#2
RocketEngineer Space is big. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Maryland Eastern Shore Posts: 3,226	I would tee off the return line because by that point the water in the sump has had some time to settle out the larger particles. You only want the disolved nutrients going to the refugium. The larger particles should be taken out by the skimmer. RocketEngineer __________________ -RocketEngineer "Knowledge is what you get when you read the directions, experience is what you get when you don't." - Unknown Current Tank Info: None Currently

05/03/2010, 09:27 AM	#3
herostar Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Denver Posts: 1,024	My sump has three sections. Left - Drain from display and skimmer Center - Refugium and heater Right - Return pump I just let the water flow through the center section, works pretty well. __________________ Do a good turn daily. Current Tank Info: 58g Oceanic (Est. 2007)

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