sump

Saltwatercoral2 · 03/02/2011, 05:28 PM

How many inches should I leave inbetween each baffle in my sump? My main tank is a 40 gallon breeder, sump is a 20L, I wanna have a refugium, THe skimmer I plan for is a swc 120 cone, I have a mag 5 return pump. The sump will look like this Left to Right if your looking at the tank, Drain from display, skimmer, baffles, refugium, baffles then return pump

dublo8 · 03/02/2011, 06:06 PM

I'm too lazy to measure my 20L sump right now. The best piece of advise I can give you is to put your skimmer in there first and mark the tank where you want the baffle to go with a grease pencil or a crayon. Do the same for your return pump. put in the rest of your baffles and you now have your fuge.

Mine intake from the display is in the same area as the skimmer. No need to create an extra baffle. > fuge > 3 baffles (over, under, over) return pump.

dublo8 · 03/02/2011, 06:51 PM

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Here is mine, before I added the last "over" baffle before the return pump. I thought it would be fine without it but never under estimate the power of water falling five feet. It creates a lot of bubbles. HTH

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Saltwatercoral2 · 03/02/2011, 07:01 PM

so you only have 2 baffles before the return pump? and what skimmer do you use?

dublo8 · 03/02/2011, 10:08 PM

I "had" 2 baffles before the return. I put the 3rd one in about a week ago. before it was over/under...now its over/under/over. much better control of the bubbles. Bubbles were basically being sucked under and straight to the return pump. My skimmer is an octopus nw110.

Saltwatercoral2 · 03/02/2011, 11:58 PM

awesome, i appreciate it. I was going to go with the nwb 110 but i think ima purchase a swc 120 cone

03/02/2011, 05:28 PM	#1
Saltwatercoral2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,617	sump How many inches should I leave inbetween each baffle in my sump? My main tank is a 40 gallon breeder, sump is a 20L, I wanna have a refugium, THe skimmer I plan for is a swc 120 cone, I have a mag 5 return pump. The sump will look like this Left to Right if your looking at the tank, Drain from display, skimmer, baffles, refugium, baffles then return pump

03/02/2011, 06:06 PM	#2
dublo8 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Morgan Hill, Ca Posts: 3,225	I'm too lazy to measure my 20L sump right now. The best piece of advise I can give you is to put your skimmer in there first and mark the tank where you want the baffle to go with a grease pencil or a crayon. Do the same for your return pump. put in the rest of your baffles and you now have your fuge. Mine intake from the display is in the same area as the skimmer. No need to create an extra baffle. > fuge > 3 baffles (over, under, over) return pump. __________________ 10g IM fusion. Zoa and SPS dominant, Apex monitored, Ai Prime, MP10, sicce return.

03/02/2011, 06:51 PM	#3
dublo8 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Morgan Hill, Ca Posts: 3,225	ImageUploadedByTapatalk1299113373.575767.jpg Here is mine, before I added the last "over" baffle before the return pump. I thought it would be fine without it but never under estimate the power of water falling five feet. It creates a lot of bubbles. HTH Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ 10g IM fusion. Zoa and SPS dominant, Apex monitored, Ai Prime, MP10, sicce return.

03/02/2011, 07:01 PM	#4
Saltwatercoral2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,617	so you only have 2 baffles before the return pump? and what skimmer do you use? Last edited by Saltwatercoral2; 03/02/2011 at 07:17 PM.

03/02/2011, 10:08 PM	#5
dublo8 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Morgan Hill, Ca Posts: 3,225	I "had" 2 baffles before the return. I put the 3rd one in about a week ago. before it was over/under...now its over/under/over. much better control of the bubbles. Bubbles were basically being sucked under and straight to the return pump. My skimmer is an octopus nw110. __________________ 10g IM fusion. Zoa and SPS dominant, Apex monitored, Ai Prime, MP10, sicce return.

03/02/2011, 11:58 PM	#6
Saltwatercoral2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 1,617	awesome, i appreciate it. I was going to go with the nwb 110 but i think ima purchase a swc 120 cone