Fuge and sump picture

schulace123 · 02/03/2006, 04:08 PM

hey, me and my dad just moved my 90 gallon to the basment were it is cooler for the mh, and we are goin to put the plumbing trough the wall into another room.......here is my first picture

, u guys think this looks right? do u really think i need my sump and fuge sperate? or should i jsut have them in one tank....also do u guys think i relaly need a sump or should i just have a fuge?

schulace123 · 02/03/2006, 04:09 PM

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Kaptain · 02/03/2006, 07:39 PM

I did a similer setup for my 210. The water comes out of the overflows, gravity feed via PVC plumbing into the sump. I have my fuge/water change tank above the sump, fed by a pump in the sump and then returned back into the sump via a standpipe in the fuge (acrylic). Next to the sump I have a topoff tank that keeps water level in sump constant. Above that is a quarantine tank, kept independent of the whole system.

Kaptain · 02/03/2006, 08:03 PM

Kaptain · 02/03/2006, 08:04 PM

Hope the drawing helps! Kind of quick and dirty on Paint.

schulace123 · 02/03/2006, 09:53 PM

hummmm...my pic was of a bird eye view sorry i forgot to tell u

Kaptain · 02/03/2006, 10:58 PM

your setup would work just fine. There is no single way to do it. Some setup a system to gravity feed into fuge first then into main sump and then be pumped back up into the main tank. You could also have both in one larger tank divided up with acrylic sheets. Or you could just use a sump with skimmer.

02/03/2006, 04:08 PM	#1
schulace123 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 118	Fuge and sump picture hey, me and my dad just moved my 90 gallon to the basment were it is cooler for the mh, and we are goin to put the plumbing trough the wall into another room.......here is my first picture , u guys think this looks right? do u really think i need my sump and fuge sperate? or should i jsut have them in one tank....also do u guys think i relaly need a sump or should i just have a fuge?

02/03/2006, 04:09 PM	#2
schulace123 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 118	click to make bigger

02/03/2006, 07:39 PM	#3
Kaptain Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 61	I did a similer setup for my 210. The water comes out of the overflows, gravity feed via PVC plumbing into the sump. I have my fuge/water change tank above the sump, fed by a pump in the sump and then returned back into the sump via a standpipe in the fuge (acrylic). Next to the sump I have a topoff tank that keeps water level in sump constant. Above that is a quarantine tank, kept independent of the whole system.

02/03/2006, 08:03 PM	#4
Kaptain Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 61

02/03/2006, 08:04 PM	#5
Kaptain Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 61	Hope the drawing helps! Kind of quick and dirty on Paint.

02/03/2006, 09:53 PM	#6
schulace123 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 118	hummmm...my pic was of a bird eye view sorry i forgot to tell u

02/03/2006, 10:58 PM	#7
Kaptain Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 61	your setup would work just fine. There is no single way to do it. Some setup a system to gravity feed into fuge first then into main sump and then be pumped back up into the main tank. You could also have both in one larger tank divided up with acrylic sheets. Or you could just use a sump with skimmer.