100g rubbermaid feeding troff as sump

[mcox]

How do you minimize/eliminated microbubbles when no baffles used? I plan to put a skimmer and fuge in a rubbermaid as my sump.

 

[Kent E]

I don't have any baffles and no problems.

 

[DrBDC]

I use a tall salt bucket for where it dumps in from the display and a shorter one where the two pumps return the water. My skimmer also feeds and dumps back to the one where the water enters the sump at. I think my short bucket is a corralife brand and the taller one was an IO or Oceanic bucket. If you set your water level just barely below the taller bucket height it will give you about 3" of water above the height of the shorter bucket. Trick is to keep it that high so if you have any water loss it won't get below the height of the short bucket and make it float up. I threw some cheato and live rock in the big area and haven't had any bubble issues yet.

 

[lesniewv]

I have the 70 gallon, and this is what I use. Works well, you could use a 5 gallon bucket like DrBDC said and it should give you the same effect. I place the lid on the can, and there's no spray or salt creep.

 

[law086]

Looks good, but where does the water exit the brute can?

Ron

 

[tony13]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7617704#post7617704 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by law086
Looks good, but where does the water exit the brute can?

Ron

That's what I was trying to figure out too.

 

[dkh0331]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7590524#post7590524 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lesniewv
I have the 70 gallon, and this is what I use. Works well, you could use a 5 gallon bucket like DrBDC said and it should give you the same effect. I place the lid on the can, and there's no spray or salt creep.

That is very similar to what I have. I have a number of 1" holes drilled in the side of my brute.

HTH

David

 

[lesniewv]

Two 1.25 pvc pipes out the back. Absolutley no microbubbles.

 

[jasert39]

real nice idea.