Building a Sump Fuge

[mcl.denis]

I'd like to show my pics for my sump design. I have no idea how to attach pics to a post. Any help?

[jason the filter freak]

http://www.wamas.org/forums/index.php?show...185&hl=pics

 

read that, there you go.

 

you can use the pics right off your blog

Edited October 8, 2008 by jason the filter freak

[mcl.denis]

Alright, here we go. Third time's the charm. This is the image of my blog as well as the caption. The blog is www.oceanicbasin.blogspot.com if that's easier.

 

 

 

This is my design for the new Sump Fuge. The water will flow into a collection of live rock to act as a further biological filter as well as to reduce salt buildup and reduce noise. From there is will enter into a protein skimmer (MSX 160) and overflow into the refugium. The fuge will have a base of live sand, with a few rocks and macro algae to skim out phosphates and other materials. It will also house the heater and a powerhead in order to have the water moving in a circular, as well as linear, current. It will then overflow into a cooling area, and from there into the return to be pumped back into the main display. The sets of three lines are called baffles. They reduce micro bubble build up and also help to keep small critters (snails, hermit crabs, etc) from escaping and getting caught in the filters. The lower series of baffles will have teeth, whereas the upperseries will be flat. The refugium will have a light on top as well, and I am considering adding a UV sterilizer if costs allow it. I will also be overhauling the plumbing on the main tank by changing my overflow to a CPR CS100 to allow for constant overflow, and I will most likely be changing my return line to standard PVC (or clear acrylic) with notches cut into it to allow for even water distibution throughout the whole tank.

 

That was extremely small. Let me try this one:

 

 

Apparently I am inept at loading pictures. It's located at my blog, latest post. www.oceanicbasin.blogspot.com

[zygote2k]

Why not filter the tank exclusively with the refugium? That's how mine works-skimmer free! I do have live rock and a deep sand bed in my 2nd sump. I don't use a heater or a circ pump either.

 

 

You can see incoming water from the tank splashing directly onto a large clump of chaeto, then thru the baffles. One part of the baffle has a bag of carbon and the other baffles are filled with different types of macroalgae. I have rubble on the bottom left for pod shelter and the overflow to the DSB and return pump is placed up high with a cage to prevent clogging.

[jason the filter freak]

apparently the images of your refuge are of an invalid fomat, nothing you're doing wrong.

 

Since you made the image in Paint, open the file back up in paint and save as a .gif or .jpg and then reupload it to your blog and try again. or use wamas to host your images

 

Alternatively I'll throw in my two cents. I do certainly use a skimmer along with my refuge. But I use no baffels.... the cheato dose all of the "bubble elimination"

 

Basically my skimmer output and influent/tank drain dump into one end of a 30" long rectangular sump, and the intank for my return pump is all the way at the other end, and between there and there are just lots and lots of cheato. Works fantastically and no need for P.I.A. baffels