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Hello everyone,
I'm relatively new to this hobby so I am learning as I go. I purchased my tank setup used. It's a 55 gallon bowed front acrylic tank. It's on a solid wood stand with a 20 gallon sump tank below. So here's my question. My sump tank has baffles and all that were pre-placed by the previous owner. However, the baffles are crap. They're all cracked and some have large pieces missing from them, thus making them useless as dividers between the different chambers. The tank currently houses a heater, live rock, and a return pump that is entirely too powerful for my tank (1750 gph). The sump also has a considerable amount of sand all throughout. If the water level gets too low, the return pump starts throwing sand into the display. So here's my idea. I want to drain the sump, remove the sand, and replace my return pump with a 550 gph pump from BMS. Obviously, this is going to change or affect the water level throughout the rest of the sump, which in turn would affect the Reef Octopus skimmer that I'm going to be installing. What's the best way to modify or fix this sump so that it works as intended without issues? Replacing baffles, their placement, etc? The skimmer came with my purchase as well, but hasn't been working due to having to replace the pump for it. So this skimmer will be a new addition for me. Thanks for any help!
Aaron
I'm relatively new to this hobby so I am learning as I go. I purchased my tank setup used. It's a 55 gallon bowed front acrylic tank. It's on a solid wood stand with a 20 gallon sump tank below. So here's my question. My sump tank has baffles and all that were pre-placed by the previous owner. However, the baffles are crap. They're all cracked and some have large pieces missing from them, thus making them useless as dividers between the different chambers. The tank currently houses a heater, live rock, and a return pump that is entirely too powerful for my tank (1750 gph). The sump also has a considerable amount of sand all throughout. If the water level gets too low, the return pump starts throwing sand into the display. So here's my idea. I want to drain the sump, remove the sand, and replace my return pump with a 550 gph pump from BMS. Obviously, this is going to change or affect the water level throughout the rest of the sump, which in turn would affect the Reef Octopus skimmer that I'm going to be installing. What's the best way to modify or fix this sump so that it works as intended without issues? Replacing baffles, their placement, etc? The skimmer came with my purchase as well, but hasn't been working due to having to replace the pump for it. So this skimmer will be a new addition for me. Thanks for any help!
Aaron