Sump/fuge design?

Hurt · 08/11/2006, 10:21 PM

Which design is more efficient and why specifically? A sump/fuge with a center return, or a sump/fuge that is a flow through design with the return pump on the opposite end of the intake chamber.

jaeden · 08/11/2006, 11:21 PM

I'm building mine know left to right

overflow = baffles = return = fuge

I have dual overflows one goes to the fuge with a ball valve so I can control the flow then then it splits to join the other overflow where the skimmer is housed through the baffles back to the return .
You only need enough flow passing through the fuge to stop from becoming stagnant , reason for the ball valve

08/11/2006, 10:21 PM	#1
Hurt Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 52	Sump/fuge design? Which design is more efficient and why specifically? A sump/fuge with a center return, or a sump/fuge that is a flow through design with the return pump on the opposite end of the intake chamber.

08/11/2006, 11:21 PM	#2
jaeden Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Hollywood Fl Posts: 356	I'm building mine know left to right overflow = baffles = return = fuge I have dual overflows one goes to the fuge with a ball valve so I can control the flow then then it splits to join the other overflow where the skimmer is housed through the baffles back to the return . You only need enough flow passing through the fuge to stop from becoming stagnant , reason for the ball valve