Another DIY Sump

[hummer]

imo ithink that 1/4 will work thats what most sump are made of

[dkode]

this is how I pictured the sump and refugium being setup:

The sump will be sitting about 4 inches higher than the refugium. The overflow will flow into the first chamber of the sump which will contain the coralife skimmer. Then through a bubble trap to the second chamber of the sump which will have a 1" bulkhead drilled about 2" from the bottom of the sump. then it will flow through pvc to the refugium which will have another 1" bulkhead into the first chamber of the refugium which will have an overflow baffle into the main chamber of the refugium which will contain macro algae. then another overflow baffle into the third chamber of the refugium which will contain a danner magdrive 9.5 that goes to the return.

I will have a gate valve that will will go to the second chamber of the sump to limit the flow that the pump returns to the tank.

Does anyone think I am looking at any flooding problems. The overflow in my tank doesnt hold anymore than 3 gallons at any one time. In addition, could I be looking at problems from the bulkhead clogging from the sump to the refugium. That is probably my biggest concern right now, the bulkhead between the tanks clogging, but perhaps I am just being paranoid.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! thanks!

[dkode]

hello again,

my gf suprised me today with a coralife 125 super skimmer.

I hooked it up, hang-on style with my current wet/dry filter system and am performing "break-in" period now. It said in the manual 24-72 hours, what determines how long to perform the break in of the skimmer?

I must say, it was amazingly easy to setup, a couple of minor adjustments and seems to be creating very fine bubbles in the reaction chamber.

I have been reading about wet vs. dry skimming, right now I have FOWLR, so in the beginning I believe my best bet would be to perform wet skimming, but perhaps I misunderstand the reason for performing wet skimming instead of dry skimming.

I will post some pics tomorrow of the skimmer in action. Next step is to obtain the magdrive 9.5 pump for my new sump, and then drill the tanks.

Almost there!