Sump Design

LOTUS50GOD · 01/15/2021, 01:57 PM

RC,
I am designing a new sump and have a question....

I am having an issue with my sump design... My skimmer needs about 9" of water and I would prefer to have more than 9" of water for my fuge...

Please advise.

Imaexpat2 · 01/15/2021, 02:23 PM

I just used a rack made of light grate to keep my skimmer at the proper depth for operation if thats what your getting at...

MarAquatic · 01/15/2021, 03:38 PM

Have your fuge be the first chamber then drop to the skimmer

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LOTUS50GOD · 01/15/2021, 04:01 PM

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Have your fuge be the first chamber then drop to the skimmer

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If I do that.. wont fuge collect waste and my pods and other valuable things get sucked out by the skimmer.

mav3rick478 · 01/15/2021, 06:54 PM

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If I do that.. wont fuge collect waste and my pods and other valuable things get sucked out by the skimmer.

Pods will survive the skimmer and your return pump. Waste builds up in a refugium no matter what. People fail to realize that you still have to periodically clean your refugium of detritus and waste no matter where it's positioned. My triton sump has the refugium then skimmer and finally return chamber.

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MarAquatic · 01/15/2021, 09:08 PM

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If I do that.. wont fuge collect waste and my pods and other valuable things get sucked out by the skimmer.

The waste is what the cheato will uptake. And the pods will make it into the display. That's how I have mine and it works fine. My tank has tons of pods and misid shrimp

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MarAquatic · 01/15/2021, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by mav3rick478

Pods will survive the skimmer and your return pump. Waste builds up in a refugium no matter what. People fail to realize that you still have to periodically clean your refugium of detritus and waste no matter where it's positioned. My triton sump has the refugium then skimmer and finally return chamber.

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That's exactly how u built mine. My refugium is about 17x17x15
If your worried about waste you could always add a cheap power head in there. I have 2 power heads in my sump

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01/15/2021, 01:57 PM	#1
LOTUS50GOD Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,210	Sump Design RC, I am designing a new sump and have a question.... I am having an issue with my sump design... My skimmer needs about 9" of water and I would prefer to have more than 9" of water for my fuge... Please advise. __________________ Vertex Alpha 300 Skimmer, AI SOL Blue, Neptune Apex Controlled 360 gallon Reef Current Tank Info: born 6/26/2008- 340 reef + 100 fuge, 300lbs of figi LR

01/15/2021, 02:23 PM	#2
Imaexpat2 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chagos Arch. Posts: 474	I just used a rack made of light grate to keep my skimmer at the proper depth for operation if thats what your getting at...

01/15/2021, 03:38 PM	#3
MarAquatic Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 689	Have your fuge be the first chamber then drop to the skimmer Sent from my SM-N960U using Tapatalk