At last I have a new home...and a new fish room that has been built in expressely for a large aquarium, looking through a wall, behind which is a dedicated fish room.
I am busily planning the layout and all the space now available for all the equipment we seem to need is a real luxury after so many years of cramming everything into a cabinet so it looked neat !!!
My question....
I dont need any more to have a small sump located underneath the main tank in the cabinet.
I plan to have a sump about the same volume as the main tank.
I also plan to have the sump at the same height as the Tank, for reasons of access, and to eliminate the "flooded floor" syndrome etc etc.
I have thought and planned the layout carefully, but I wonder if anybody can see any traps in having a sump located this way.
The only downside I can envisage is transfer of water from main tank to sump will be less because gravity wont help. But I figure that if I put the return lines in 2 inch pipe, and the pump lines to maintank in 1.25 inch, then with a big enough pump (Iwaki MD 60 or 70) I should be OK for my target 8 turn overs per hour
Got any comments ??
I am busily planning the layout and all the space now available for all the equipment we seem to need is a real luxury after so many years of cramming everything into a cabinet so it looked neat !!!
My question....
I dont need any more to have a small sump located underneath the main tank in the cabinet.
I plan to have a sump about the same volume as the main tank.
I also plan to have the sump at the same height as the Tank, for reasons of access, and to eliminate the "flooded floor" syndrome etc etc.
I have thought and planned the layout carefully, but I wonder if anybody can see any traps in having a sump located this way.
The only downside I can envisage is transfer of water from main tank to sump will be less because gravity wont help. But I figure that if I put the return lines in 2 inch pipe, and the pump lines to maintank in 1.25 inch, then with a big enough pump (Iwaki MD 60 or 70) I should be OK for my target 8 turn overs per hour
Got any comments ??