help with fuge idea. plz help

couchpotato300 · 05/13/2008, 08:25 PM

what do you think. srry for the crappy drawing also.

chrismunn · 05/13/2008, 08:33 PM

why so many pumps? explain the idea here please

couchpotato300 · 05/13/2008, 08:34 PM

ok well really i guess the first isnt a pump. its just were then water comes into the sump from the main tank. then a small pump to the fuge and then the water just overflows, then there is the heater, then the pump pushing the water back to the main tank

chrismunn · 05/13/2008, 08:44 PM

so your tank drains into the skimmer section, then is pumped into the fuge, and overflows into the return pump section?

your using 1 too many pumps. you dont need the pump to get water from the skimmer section to the fuge. you can use the same overflow idea that yuor using to get from the fuge to the return area, and eliminate the fuge pump. just seperate the skimmer area and the fuge with a bubble trap to keep micro bubbles from making it into the return zone. you dont want bubbles making it back into the display tank.

couchpotato300 · 05/13/2008, 09:09 PM

ok so i just relized i totally frogot to mention the most important thing. the fuge ii will be using is a 7 galon tank. that is taller then the 20 long.

sorry i totally frogot that part

Playa-1 · 05/14/2008, 10:24 AM

why not just glue in a few baffles and loose the necessity for the extra pump. The small tank could be used as a medic tank.

05/13/2008, 08:25 PM	#1
couchpotato300 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: fayetteville, GA Posts: 36	help with fuge idea. plz help what do you think. srry for the crappy drawing also.

05/13/2008, 08:33 PM	#2
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	why so many pumps? explain the idea here please __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

05/13/2008, 08:44 PM	#4
chrismunn Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 4,200	so your tank drains into the skimmer section, then is pumped into the fuge, and overflows into the return pump section? your using 1 too many pumps. you dont need the pump to get water from the skimmer section to the fuge. you can use the same overflow idea that yuor using to get from the fuge to the return area, and eliminate the fuge pump. just seperate the skimmer area and the fuge with a bubble trap to keep micro bubbles from making it into the return zone. you dont want bubbles making it back into the display tank. __________________ Marine Aquarists Association of South Texas Austin Reef Club PBITAWA... Current Tank Info: 14g bio cube

05/13/2008, 08:34 PM	#3
couchpotato300 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: fayetteville, GA Posts: 36	ok well really i guess the first isnt a pump. its just were then water comes into the sump from the main tank. then a small pump to the fuge and then the water just overflows, then there is the heater, then the pump pushing the water back to the main tank

05/13/2008, 09:09 PM	#5
couchpotato300 Moved On Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: fayetteville, GA Posts: 36	ok so i just relized i totally frogot to mention the most important thing. the fuge ii will be using is a 7 galon tank. that is taller then the 20 long. sorry i totally frogot that part

05/14/2008, 10:24 AM	#6
Playa-1 Moved On Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Laguna Niguel, CA Posts: 7,497	why not just glue in a few baffles and loose the necessity for the extra pump. The small tank could be used as a medic tank.