Sump Help!

affan · 05/10/2006, 01:09 PM

Here's a picture of the setup for a 100 gallon tank.

I am not sure exactly how I should plumb this. Is there anyway I can hook up the drain line to the skimmer, which then will feed into the sump? Is that possible or am I way off? The sump doesn't have room for the skimmer inside so I was thinking maybe to drain directly into the sump and drill a hole in the return area of the sump for the skimmer. What would be the best option? All suggestions/feedback is welcome.

TIA

ToTaLCHaoS13 · 05/10/2006, 01:39 PM

Here is a pic of my refugium.

As you can see the skimmer is taking water from the fuge intake side and returning water to the middle chamber. This will give you the best skimmer performance while keeping excess bubbles from the skimmer from getting sucked up to the tank. Hope this helps!

xtremedelta · 05/10/2006, 01:45 PM

let the skimmer hang on the side of the sump, where the return is. This will work fine, I promise. I have mine this way, and I always get a good skimmate.

xtremedelta · 05/10/2006, 01:46 PM

oh, and this will also allow the skimmer to take and drain all from the sump. OR, if your return area is big enough, just sit the skimmer in the sump.

affan · 05/10/2006, 08:51 PM

huh

xtremedelta · 05/10/2006, 08:54 PM

huh who?

affan · 05/10/2006, 09:19 PM

I have no idea what you guys are talking about!

xtremedelta · 05/10/2006, 09:34 PM

ok well you have a CSS right?? the are designed to hang on back of aquariums, so really you could hang it on the side of your sump. or if you have a area big enough in your sump to fit it, just place it in the sump and let it run there.

affan · 05/10/2006, 10:10 PM

Okay, so I can hang the skimmer on the side and just drop the pump in the return area? If so, then what about a return pump? I won't have room for that.

affan · 05/10/2006, 10:18 PM

I am hoping the BoSux fan will chime in on this

jer77 · 05/10/2006, 10:35 PM

Is the pump going inside or outside the sump?

jer77 · 05/10/2006, 10:43 PM

How much live rock are you going to have? Are you going to put sand in too, how much. If its enough rock and sand then you might not even have to use the bio balls.

Oh by the way, you should hang the skimmer definately next to the return piping in the sump if you can't put it in the sump.

I don't quite understand what happening in the second part of the sump where the bioballs are. Are there baffles?

affan · 05/10/2006, 11:05 PM

Is this okay?

affan · 05/10/2006, 11:08 PM

Here's an unedited version if someone wants to provide visual aid

affan · 05/11/2006, 11:08 PM

05/10/2006, 01:09 PM	#1
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	Sump Help! Here's a picture of the setup for a 100 gallon tank. I am not sure exactly how I should plumb this. Is there anyway I can hook up the drain line to the skimmer, which then will feed into the sump? Is that possible or am I way off? The sump doesn't have room for the skimmer inside so I was thinking maybe to drain directly into the sump and drill a hole in the return area of the sump for the skimmer. What would be the best option? All suggestions/feedback is welcome. TIA

05/10/2006, 01:45 PM	#3
xtremedelta Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: plano texas Posts: 199	let the skimmer hang on the side of the sump, where the return is. This will work fine, I promise. I have mine this way, and I always get a good skimmate. __________________ Xtremedelta Current Tank Info: i have a 55 gal with invert crustations, about 80lbs of live rock, and other corals, along with a royal gamma, purple tang, blue tang, six line reef wrasse, yellow stripe marroon clown, scotter blenny dragonette and a mandarian dragonette

05/10/2006, 01:46 PM	#4
xtremedelta Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: plano texas Posts: 199	oh, and this will also allow the skimmer to take and drain all from the sump. OR, if your return area is big enough, just sit the skimmer in the sump. __________________ Xtremedelta Current Tank Info: i have a 55 gal with invert crustations, about 80lbs of live rock, and other corals, along with a royal gamma, purple tang, blue tang, six line reef wrasse, yellow stripe marroon clown, scotter blenny dragonette and a mandarian dragonette

05/10/2006, 08:54 PM	#6
xtremedelta Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: plano texas Posts: 199	huh who? __________________ Xtremedelta Current Tank Info: i have a 55 gal with invert crustations, about 80lbs of live rock, and other corals, along with a royal gamma, purple tang, blue tang, six line reef wrasse, yellow stripe marroon clown, scotter blenny dragonette and a mandarian dragonette

05/10/2006, 09:34 PM	#8
xtremedelta Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: plano texas Posts: 199	ok well you have a CSS right?? the are designed to hang on back of aquariums, so really you could hang it on the side of your sump. or if you have a area big enough in your sump to fit it, just place it in the sump and let it run there. __________________ Xtremedelta Current Tank Info: i have a 55 gal with invert crustations, about 80lbs of live rock, and other corals, along with a royal gamma, purple tang, blue tang, six line reef wrasse, yellow stripe marroon clown, scotter blenny dragonette and a mandarian dragonette

05/10/2006, 01:39 PM	#2
ToTaLCHaoS13 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Cartersville, GA Posts: 379	Here is a pic of my refugium. As you can see the skimmer is taking water from the fuge intake side and returning water to the middle chamber. This will give you the best skimmer performance while keeping excess bubbles from the skimmer from getting sucked up to the tank. Hope this helps!

05/10/2006, 08:51 PM	#5
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	huh

05/10/2006, 09:19 PM	#7
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	I have no idea what you guys are talking about!

05/10/2006, 10:10 PM	#9
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	Okay, so I can hang the skimmer on the side and just drop the pump in the return area? If so, then what about a return pump? I won't have room for that.

05/10/2006, 10:18 PM	#10
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	I am hoping the BoSux fan will chime in on this

05/10/2006, 10:35 PM	#11
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	Is the pump going inside or outside the sump? __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD

05/10/2006, 10:43 PM	#12
jer77 Phish Lover Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 2,642	How much live rock are you going to have? Are you going to put sand in too, how much. If its enough rock and sand then you might not even have to use the bio balls. Oh by the way, you should hang the skimmer definately next to the return piping in the sump if you can't put it in the sump. I don't quite understand what happening in the second part of the sump where the bioballs are. Are there baffles? __________________ - Jonny -, 120g 5 Year Old Reef w/ SPS, BTA, Zoos & some Softies. 40g Frag Tank. 40g Sump. Super Reef Octopus XP 3000 External Cone Skimmer. 250W Radiums. TaoTronics LED. PanWorld 200PS w/SQWD

05/10/2006, 11:05 PM	#13
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	Is this okay?

05/10/2006, 11:08 PM	#14
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125	Here's an unedited version if someone wants to provide visual aid

05/11/2006, 11:08 PM	#15
affan Moved On Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: From NYC, currently serving time in Hattiesburg, MS Posts: 1,125