If you could redo your sump, what would you do?
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thewbell
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I had a similar layout in my sump and I am in the process of changing it around.
Old:
Drain/Skimmer>bubble trap>return>refugium (fed by open channel drain and 1/2" line from return)
This is from the initial fill of the tank last year for the leak test and heating the RODI water for mixing salt.
New:
Drain/Skimmer>bubble trap>Refugium>Return
With the old layout I never felt like the fuge got enough flow for the chaeto to really work and I could never get it to move at all. I have the new layout set up with the water entering the bottom of the fuge and flowing over the top to exit to the return section. Hopefully this way I can get my chaeto to tumble and also wash a few more pods into the display.
Old:
Drain/Skimmer>bubble trap>return>refugium (fed by open channel drain and 1/2" line from return)
This is from the initial fill of the tank last year for the leak test and heating the RODI water for mixing salt.
New:
Drain/Skimmer>bubble trap>Refugium>Return
With the old layout I never felt like the fuge got enough flow for the chaeto to really work and I could never get it to move at all. I have the new layout set up with the water entering the bottom of the fuge and flowing over the top to exit to the return section. Hopefully this way I can get my chaeto to tumble and also wash a few more pods into the display.
Larry Stewart
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Most sumps I built in the past seemed to have a sufficient amount of water flow/volume. However, I felt like having a DSB - deep sand bed section would cause my chemistry to more stable.
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I originally had the idea you have now, I was thinking to fix the flow problems I would use water from the return off a manifold.I had a similar layout in my sump and I am in the process of changing it around.
Old:
Drain/Skimmer>bubble trap>return>refugium (fed by open channel drain and 1/2" line from return)
This is from the initial fill of the tank last year for the leak test and heating the RODI water for mixing salt.
New:
Drain/Skimmer>bubble trap>Refugium>Return
With the old layout I never felt like the fuge got enough flow for the chaeto to really work and I could never get it to move at all. I have the new layout set up with the water entering the bottom of the fuge and flowing over the top to exit to the return section. Hopefully this way I can get my chaeto to tumble and also wash a few more pods into the display.
I also was even thinking of something like this..
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