aqueon proflex model 4

banthonyb71 · 05/17/2015, 09:07 PM

I was thinking about getting this sump but, I was thinking about this. If you have a fuge in the middle arnt all your copepods going to get sucked into the skimmer before they reach your return line? also, when people do the return in the middle, does drian go on side with skimmer?

banthonyb71 · 05/18/2015, 04:34 PM

bump

basically what is pros/cons of putting return in middle
pros/cons putting refugium in middle
pros/cons of putting skimmer in middle.?

camaroguy · 05/18/2015, 05:11 PM

When I was running this sump, I had a recirculating skimmer. This way I could feed the skimmer from chamber 1, while still keeping the fuge in chamber 2, and return / physical skimmer in chamber 3.

It worked out pretty well until I decided to upgrade my skimmer and the new one wouldn't fit anywhere in that sump

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banthonyb71 · 05/18/2015, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camaroguy

When I was running this sump, I had a recirculating skimmer. This way I could feed the skimmer from chamber 1, while still keeping the fuge in chamber 2, and return / physical skimmer in chamber 3.

It worked out pretty well until I decided to upgrade my skimmer and the new one wouldn't fit anywhere in that sump

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I have a nib reef oct ext. I was think maybe i could plumb that into chamber 1? but someone said on a review that the plastic was flimsy and not to drill through it

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camaroguy · 05/18/2015, 05:34 PM

I don't know how much flow your skimmer needs, but I just used a feed pump and some vinyl tubing to feed mine. I didn't drill any holes. It does get a little tight in there, and its a pain to clean get to the feed pump to pull it for cleaning, but the setup generally worked for me.

banthonyb71 · 05/18/2015, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by camaroguy

I don't know how much flow your skimmer needs, but I just used a feed pump and some vinyl tubing to feed mine. I didn't drill any holes. It does get a little tight in there, and its a pain to clean get to the feed pump to pull it for cleaning, but the setup generally worked for me.

..which one did u have? the one I'm thinking about buying is a 4. the biggest one 36" a guy has for sale for $200 local.

banthonyb71 · 05/19/2015, 05:24 PM

u have 3 or 4

05/17/2015, 09:07 PM	#1
banthonyb71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 635	aqueon proflex model 4 I was thinking about getting this sump but, I was thinking about this. If you have a fuge in the middle arnt all your copepods going to get sucked into the skimmer before they reach your return line? also, when people do the return in the middle, does drian go on side with skimmer?

05/18/2015, 04:34 PM	#2
banthonyb71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 635	bump basically what is pros/cons of putting return in middle pros/cons putting refugium in middle pros/cons of putting skimmer in middle.?

05/18/2015, 05:11 PM	#3
camaroguy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 134	When I was running this sump, I had a recirculating skimmer. This way I could feed the skimmer from chamber 1, while still keeping the fuge in chamber 2, and return / physical skimmer in chamber 3. It worked out pretty well until I decided to upgrade my skimmer and the new one wouldn't fit anywhere in that sump .

05/18/2015, 05:34 PM	#5
camaroguy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 134	I don't know how much flow your skimmer needs, but I just used a feed pump and some vinyl tubing to feed mine. I didn't drill any holes. It does get a little tight in there, and its a pain to clean get to the feed pump to pull it for cleaning, but the setup generally worked for me.

05/19/2015, 05:24 PM	#7
banthonyb71 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Southeast Michigan Posts: 635	u have 3 or 4