Sump

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

Can somebody post a pic of their sump? I'm redoing mine and I"m not sure what goes where.


Thanks, Angie

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

here is a drawing of my current sump. Is this right? Can the skimmer be in the same chamber area as the return pump?

[dakar]

So long as the skimmer isn't dumping enough microbubbles that the return pump is shooting them back to the tank they can reside together, ours is running like that now. Only difference is that we have a drain from the tank going to each the fuge and the sump, at least it will be that way by Friday, right now a single drain to the sump with another pump moving water to the fuge. We had a whole thread of sump/fuge pics around here somewhere let me dig it up.

Pretty open for debate as far as 'right' I guess the question is; is it working for you?

Here's the thread; http://www.captivereefing.com/viewtopic.php?t=554

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

I wasn't exactly sure if it was working for me since I have the hair algae problem and i can't figure out what is feeding it. (My nitrates are finally down to 5ppm) I have about an inch of crud under the chaeto. I'm wondering if I should siphon it out. It looks like muddy fish poop. I also have a million long / soft tubed feather dusters in there.

Should I clean it all out?

Thanks,
Angie

[Reptoreef]

Go ahead and syphon the "mud" out... don't stir it though. The skimmer placement is fine, as long as it does the job for your tank...

[Whoyah]

My setup is exact what you drew but one thing to be aware, is that fluctuations in water height will impact you skimmer performance. The change in height due to evaporation will wig out your skimmer. This is easily fixed if you have auto-top set-up.

[Sea~Horse~Whisperer]

Thanks Guys. I will siphon out the " mud " tomorrow. I think I may order a dosing pump tomorrow too. I can get one for 45.00 and that will take care of the auto top off. I spent a ton of money today on corals, what's another 45.00? Nothing compared to the goodies coming Friday.


Angie

[JustDavidP]

Here's my sump...

[JustDavidP]

And in action....

[carpenterwrasse]

seeing how for the most time that i have had a sw tank i used the following in order
1st tank had an undergravel filter. A couple yeARS WENT BY AND I WENT TO AN EMPEROR 440 with biowheels. had that one fro a couple years then went to a sump and diy wet dry filter with bioballs. i've had that one for a couple years now and am interested in upgradeing again the sump i have now is a 20 highbut have a 20 long at my disposal how do i upgrade.