cruelle

Hey Cruelle, I was thinking of making a new sump for my 75g. What size tank is that you have? Can it go through one side of the doors with no problems? How much room does that leave under stand for other stuff? About how many inches? Thanks, HAT

the skimmer section should have three baffles: 8in from bottom, then the high one, then another 8in from bottom. otherwise the bubbles can easily go under your first baffle then over the 2nd increasing the chance of micro bubbles into the return pump and to the display. if you move your return section to the middle you can create a larger, or deeper actually, refugium section.

I just built a nice 125 gallon sump. W/return in the center. Skimmer side to the left, with ins 450 reef dynamics skimmer. And far right refugium 35 gallon. Worked out nice.

Thanks for the help Midnight here is the new layout with a center return. It allowed a deeper refugium and I do like the lay out better.

@ Djm- glade to here it worked out going to change to a center return


@ Hat---the tank is a 20 gallon long (30 in by 13 inches leaves about 16 inches left over)...Mine will go in the basement but I did measure and it would fit but my tank is so close to the wall I have no wiggle room to get it though one door if you have room between the wall and your tank you could swing it in. hope it helps.

Here is the picture

one inch spacing on baffles. take away from your refugium to make your reurn section bigger unless you have a ato.

got ya midnight will do...alittle hard to keep the cardboard standing up where i wanted to be! Have a ato but may give it a bit more room. Thanks for the help-- chris

Chris, the refugium is too big, and doesn't need a bubble tower. I would definitely increase the return zone's size. Make sure each gap is exactly 1" wide in the triple baffle area.

Thanks for the info marc... I was thinking this layout might work better what do you think? Refugium runs the lenght of the tank and the 2 front zone's split into the return and skimmer zones. here is a pic. just trying to get the most out the space I have! thanks --chris

That can work also,