1st. Sump design , Help . - Page 2

SWAT · 01/06/2015, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by STPA

Last one. How do you do one post with all pictures in it?

just do one after the other , I do the first pic, hit the enter key to put a small space between pics then just add the second , third , and so on .

Your sump looks great , the water level looks high , its above the baffles at the return side . Do the socks float out of the holes at all ?

dkeller_nc · 01/06/2015, 08:37 PM

Suggestion - remove the hard 90 deg elbow in one of the returns. Instead, pipe the silicone tube straight into the piping. The soft curve you'll get with the silicone will have much less head loss than the 90 PVC elbow.

SWAT · 01/13/2015, 07:17 AM

Thanks for all the help people , got the new sump up and running . what I big improvement , water clarity going from one sock to two and no micro bubbles ! Stability of the skimmer . I should have made my own from the start .

RocketEngineer · 01/13/2015, 07:57 AM

Very nice.

4Hummer · 01/13/2015, 08:11 AM

Love the Sock Holder. Super easy to change.

Word of advice for the Sock Holder. It has to be two layers or the water will just go UNDER the sock.

Bottom Layer or "Shelf" fits the sock (Under the plastic Ring) Second layer is a tight fit AROUND the ring. this way the 2nd rim holds the sock firmly in place, and water cannot go under the sock.

Like this:

Both Layers:

Bottom Layer:

Top Layer:

SWAT · 01/13/2015, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4Hummer

Love the Sock Holder. Super easy to change.

Word of advice for the Sock Holder. It has to be two layers or the water will just go UNDER the sock.

Bottom Layer or "Shelf" fits the sock (Under the plastic Ring) Second layer is a tight fit AROUND the ring. this way the 2nd rim holds the sock firmly in place, and water cannot go under the sock.

Like this:

Both Layers:

Bottom Layer:

Top Layer:

When I was looking to build mine I came across your design on Google . I liked your build of the sock holder and the turn down 90 on the return pump . as far as my sock holder I made one ring and I use the deep blue socks with the plastic ring and I made the hole so the sock snaps into it , I'm not to concerned with whatever makes it past that . Thanks for making your design public it was a big help .

JMorris271 · 01/13/2015, 11:41 AM

Nice build. Would it be possible to post a schematic of your plumbing layout?

STPA · 03/18/2015, 02:02 PM

My water is above the baffle in my return section. About an inch or so. I did this because the water falling over the baffle caused bubbles in the return section that the pump would send to display and refugium. The filter sock holder is a cuting board for your kitchen that i cut down and drilled with a hole saw to the size i needed for the filter socks. I wanted something that would be easy for changing the socks out. I believe the hole saw was 3 3/4" and it provides a snug fit so the sock does not come loose without you wanting it to.

4Hummer · 03/18/2015, 02:12 PM

did you not build a bubble trap? I have no bubbles in my display

STPA · 03/18/2015, 07:38 PM

I did build a bubble trap. I just found when I started to run the sump that if the water going over the last baffle had to fall into the return section it caused bubbles to be pushed down toward the return pump. Then the return pump would send the bubbles to my refugium and display. So I raised my ATO so the water would sit about an inch higher than the baffle. Problem solved.

01/13/2015, 07:17 AM	#28
SWAT Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: St. Pete , FL Posts: 89	Thanks for all the help people , got the new sump up and running . what I big improvement , water clarity going from one sock to two and no micro bubbles ! Stability of the skimmer . I should have made my own from the start . __________________ Current Tank: 65RR Deep Blue , Gravity drain refugium , Reef Octopus 110SS skimmer , Mag9 return pump , 2 jebao WP-25 , BRS GFO/Carbon reactor , 2 Reef Radiance DM-165e .

01/13/2015, 07:57 AM	#29
RocketEngineer Space is big. Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Maryland Eastern Shore Posts: 3,226	Very nice. __________________ -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

01/13/2015, 11:41 AM	#32
JMorris271 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Foothills of SC Posts: 2,010	Nice build. Would it be possible to post a schematic of your plumbing layout? Last edited by JMorris271; 01/13/2015 at 12:12 PM.

01/06/2015, 08:37 PM	#27
dkeller_nc Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Central NC Posts: 5,062	Suggestion - remove the hard 90 deg elbow in one of the returns. Instead, pipe the silicone tube straight into the piping. The soft curve you'll get with the silicone will have much less head loss than the 90 PVC elbow.

01/13/2015, 08:11 AM	#30
4Hummer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 379	Love the Sock Holder. Super easy to change. Word of advice for the Sock Holder. It has to be two layers or the water will just go UNDER the sock. Bottom Layer or "Shelf" fits the sock (Under the plastic Ring) Second layer is a tight fit AROUND the ring. this way the 2nd rim holds the sock firmly in place, and water cannot go under the sock. Like this: Both Layers: Bottom Layer: Top Layer:

03/18/2015, 02:02 PM	#33
STPA Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 22	My water is above the baffle in my return section. About an inch or so. I did this because the water falling over the baffle caused bubbles in the return section that the pump would send to display and refugium. The filter sock holder is a cuting board for your kitchen that i cut down and drilled with a hole saw to the size i needed for the filter socks. I wanted something that would be easy for changing the socks out. I believe the hole saw was 3 3/4" and it provides a snug fit so the sock does not come loose without you wanting it to.

03/18/2015, 02:12 PM	#34
4Hummer Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 379	did you not build a bubble trap? I have no bubbles in my display

03/18/2015, 07:38 PM	#35
STPA Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Posts: 22	I did build a bubble trap. I just found when I started to run the sump that if the water going over the last baffle had to fall into the return section it caused bubbles to be pushed down toward the return pump. Then the return pump would send the bubbles to my refugium and display. So I raised my ATO so the water would sit about an inch higher than the baffle. Problem solved.