1400gallon system with 1060gallon L-shaped DT
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Looks good as far as I can tell.. One thing, I would provide more room above the middle tank for ease of maitenance. I have about 4 inches between the top of my sump/refugium and the bottom of my tank and its a real pain.
Also, be sure to allow enough room to mount a light source. Led fixtures are usually pretty thin thankfully.
dirk_brijs
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Yes looked into that too but due to total height now being 8.5' (260cm)I dont have that much space left.
Will have the design the room now with a ceiling height of 9.8' (300cm) which might be the limit.
Now I have 10" (25cm) space between the refugium tank and the scrubber set up tank which should be enough. The light on the Refugium will be mounted on a rail which can be pushed out of the setup. 10" should give me enough space to mount a setup with CFL bulbs which should be the idea I think.
dirk_brijs
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some more details on the Sump/ Fuge / ATS set up.
Overflows of the DT will all come into one chamber where the rest of the SFA system will be fed from. Drains from DT will go through a set of filter socks.
- Part will overflow into the return chamber straight.
- 3 Resun King 5 pumps (1550Gph) pumps will feed the 3 scrubber screens in the ATS.
- One Resun King 5 pump will feed the skimmer chamber holding a Reef Octopus OTP Orca 180int. Yes I know this skimmer is only rated for 2000Liters (550gallon) but I put my hope into the ATS system (thanks to the Master of ATS Mister SantaMonica) I have on top so the skimmer would be merely a pre-skim for the Refugium. So this will be a calculated risk I hope. If not seem to work I will hook up a larger skimmer.
- Both ATS and Refugium will drain into drain chamber to go through baffles ending up into return chamber.
- lighting of the refugium will be mounted on a rail system so it can be pushed out of the set up and will consist of 4 23W 6500K CFL bulbs which is not on the drawing though.
- For now the return chamber will be holding 2 "BLUE ECO 320" pumps ( http://www.aqua-forte.nl/scriptsE/Blue_eco_pumps_E.html )
More details on the master ATS setup in the next post
Overflows of the DT will all come into one chamber where the rest of the SFA system will be fed from. Drains from DT will go through a set of filter socks.
- Part will overflow into the return chamber straight.
- 3 Resun King 5 pumps (1550Gph) pumps will feed the 3 scrubber screens in the ATS.
- One Resun King 5 pump will feed the skimmer chamber holding a Reef Octopus OTP Orca 180int. Yes I know this skimmer is only rated for 2000Liters (550gallon) but I put my hope into the ATS system (thanks to the Master of ATS Mister SantaMonica) I have on top so the skimmer would be merely a pre-skim for the Refugium. So this will be a calculated risk I hope. If not seem to work I will hook up a larger skimmer.
- Both ATS and Refugium will drain into drain chamber to go through baffles ending up into return chamber.
- lighting of the refugium will be mounted on a rail system so it can be pushed out of the set up and will consist of 4 23W 6500K CFL bulbs which is not on the drawing though.
- For now the return chamber will be holding 2 "BLUE ECO 320" pumps ( http://www.aqua-forte.nl/scriptsE/Blue_eco_pumps_E.html )
More details on the master ATS setup in the next post
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dirk_brijs
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More on the ATS set up
3 screens of 46.5" x 10" which gives 3 x 465sqI = 1395sqI of screen
each screen will be fed with a 6000Lph (1585Gph) pump
on the drawings you see the light set up pretty clear I guess with 2 stations of 7 T5 of 54W and the 2 outside light stations with 5 T5 of 54W each.
This giving a light capacity of 2 x 7 x 54W + 2 x 5 x 54W = 756W + 540W = 1296W Total light
again water will be fed through the sump and will drain through 2 2" drain pipes into the Refugium.
This setup was co designed with the re-inventor of the Algae scrubber system Mister SantaMonica.
3 screens of 46.5" x 10" which gives 3 x 465sqI = 1395sqI of screen
each screen will be fed with a 6000Lph (1585Gph) pump
on the drawings you see the light set up pretty clear I guess with 2 stations of 7 T5 of 54W and the 2 outside light stations with 5 T5 of 54W each.
This giving a light capacity of 2 x 7 x 54W + 2 x 5 x 54W = 756W + 540W = 1296W Total light
again water will be fed through the sump and will drain through 2 2" drain pipes into the Refugium.
This setup was co designed with the re-inventor of the Algae scrubber system Mister SantaMonica.
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Hi dirk,
thats an awesum design for a tank and very similar to one i have been kicking around my drawing board for a while. I am planning (way in future and funds permitting) a very similar tank with slight changes to the direction of the l shape and placement of the drop off.
one aspect i did consider was a single overflow across the meeting of the long panes and angled across at 45 degrees. I then plan two wave boxes aimed at the overflow to diflect off against each other. that should give a chaotic and high flow aspect at the meeting of the two waves and efficient over flow. Plus it should be more asthetic than having two on a short pane as youve described.
just a thought though
thats an awesum design for a tank and very similar to one i have been kicking around my drawing board for a while. I am planning (way in future and funds permitting) a very similar tank with slight changes to the direction of the l shape and placement of the drop off.
one aspect i did consider was a single overflow across the meeting of the long panes and angled across at 45 degrees. I then plan two wave boxes aimed at the overflow to diflect off against each other. that should give a chaotic and high flow aspect at the meeting of the two waves and efficient over flow. Plus it should be more asthetic than having two on a short pane as youve described.
just a thought though
dirk_brijs
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last update is that plans had been changed and under construction here
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2106665
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2106665
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