New Sump design
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, 07-02-2013 at 03:29 AM (5083 Views)
Long time I didn't update my tank build!!! In short things were really slow due to a load of traveling...
Maintaining the tank and frag tank setup in the basement has become a chore due to the limited time, so I will be modifying my setup and adding a larger sump in the basement and will connect the frag tanks, nano cubes, and a couple of small coming tanks.
This should help decrease testing time and water changes and dosing... Realize it will pose more risk of losing the whole system in case of failure but I guess the added stability of the much large water volume will bring down that risk.
Here's the design I have in mind, feel free to make any suggestions.
I kept it rather simple and didn't include a water top off or change containers in the sump as those will sit outside of it. will be adding a mobile bubble tower with filter socks in (maybe) in case my current baffles don't eliminate all microbubles.
So far all my tanks had a separate slower flow to the fuge, yet in my current setup I find it hard to maintain good flow through the larger fuge and I'm struggling with cyano and slime alga in the fuge so I will have all the flow through the fuge.
I can change that by using the first section as a fuge and splitting the drain, when I upgrade my skimmer to an external one...
The way the left side baffles go the water will flow from the bottom of the first fuge area to the top on the other side baffles, I believe this will help with better flow in the fuge?
flow through the sump will be through 2 external pumps from the Right side, I plan to have around 4-5000 Gallons of flow through the sump, main tank is at 400 g and I have 2x 60 gallon frag tanks (will add more with time) and a small nano cube and might be adding a FO tank later on.
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