20 gal long sump/refugium enough?

southernfish · 03/03/2010, 03:52 PM

i made a 20 gallon long sump/refugium for my 55, works great. i am upgrading to a 100 gallon, will it be enough. what is the most tank size i can use it for?

solitude127 · 03/03/2010, 03:58 PM

One thing you try and conpensate for in a sump is for power outages. Do you think the 20L will be enough if the power goes out and water starts siphoning into the sump?

southernfish · 03/03/2010, 09:01 PM

haha prolly not

southernfish · 03/03/2010, 10:09 PM

well actually i went ahead and topped it fully off to the line i top off at now, shut everything off, then measured. the water level only rose maybe a half an inch at the most. topped off fully it measured 2 1/4 inches from the top of the water level to the inside top edge of the refugium. my tallest baffles are 1 1/2 inches from the inside top edge of the fefugium. so i think it should work for a 120. the new tank measures 74x16x24T

southernfish · 03/03/2010, 10:12 PM

here is the sump i built for it:
you can see on the left side of the sump the max line i drew where i top off at now. i run a rio 1700 return on this setup. i could always lower that line as well to make more overflow room and just have an automatic topoff keeping it topped off if i had to lower the line. right?

03/03/2010, 03:52 PM	#1
southernfish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Amarillo, Tx Posts: 63	20 gal long sump/refugium enough? i made a 20 gallon long sump/refugium for my 55, works great. i am upgrading to a 100 gallon, will it be enough. what is the most tank size i can use it for?

03/03/2010, 03:58 PM	#2
solitude127 Proud user of IO Salt! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Torrance, CA Posts: 9,136	One thing you try and conpensate for in a sump is for power outages. Do you think the 20L will be enough if the power goes out and water starts siphoning into the sump? __________________ Mike <)))>{ <)))>{ <)))>{ <)))>{ ReefKeeping.com TOTM Nov 2012 Socalireefs Featured Reef Oct 2011 Current Tank Info: 603020, 8x54 ATI Powermodule, ReefBrite XHO, ATB Elegance 200, Aquamaxx CTech CaRx, Ecotech Vortechs, Apex Controls, WM Ecobak powered. RedSea Reefer 170, MP10, Apex Jr, Ecotech Radion XR15, Aquamaxx WS-1 Last edited by solitude127; 03/03/2010 at 04:04 PM.

03/03/2010, 09:01 PM	#3
southernfish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Amarillo, Tx Posts: 63	haha prolly not

03/03/2010, 10:09 PM	#4
southernfish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Amarillo, Tx Posts: 63	well actually i went ahead and topped it fully off to the line i top off at now, shut everything off, then measured. the water level only rose maybe a half an inch at the most. topped off fully it measured 2 1/4 inches from the top of the water level to the inside top edge of the refugium. my tallest baffles are 1 1/2 inches from the inside top edge of the fefugium. so i think it should work for a 120. the new tank measures 74x16x24T

03/03/2010, 10:12 PM	#5
southernfish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Amarillo, Tx Posts: 63	here is the sump i built for it: you can see on the left side of the sump the max line i drew where i top off at now. i run a rio 1700 return on this setup. i could always lower that line as well to make more overflow room and just have an automatic topoff keeping it topped off if i had to lower the line. right?