cutting teeth

[jlfnjlf]

I am working on building my own sump, but I need teeth cut into the divider between the refugium and the sump. If there is someone who would be willing to do that for me I would be willing to trade cash or corals.

Here is the latest plan I have.

I still have some acrylic to get from TAP. Most of the time I get from the scrap bin in the back for $2.00 a pound. I know there is another plastic shop in town, but I have working with TAP for so long it would seem like cheating on them or something like that.

Thanks,

John

 

[goslugsgo]

I'll do it. PM me your info.

 

[RAYSTOCKETT]

cutting plastic

cutting plastic

I can cut the plastic for you.
I live in Antelope.
Richard

 

[dots]

Have you thought of adding a filter sock to your design to help pull out the larger particles first and not rely on the sandbed or skimmer to do the work? Or am I just not seeing it?

I am going to have TAP build a sump insert I designed and drew up in AutoCAD Inventor the other day........I don't want the DSB/Refugium to be in the sump itself so I can remove it for cleaning the sump.


I think about mechanical filtration much like painting a car....you don't start out with the 400grit sandpaper, rather the 180grit.....I like run the water first through a filter sock, because the name of the game is to get the junk out, might as well be with a filter first. Next I plan to dump that water into my removeable DSB/refugium where the stuff to fine for the sock will directly feed the sandbed. In addition this area will house some Chaeto. Hopefully the particles will settle in this lower velocity zone where the DSB will get to work on it. After this the water will flow through an overflow slot and into the main sump, where my insump skimmer (the 400grit sandpaper), will pick up anything that gets by the first two systems. After that the pumps will pick the water for the chiller, phos/carbon reactor, main return for the display........

I think staged mechanical filtration is just as important as biological stages, ie: DSB and macro algaes........

I think socks are the way to go!!!

Looking twice at it, is the flow going right to left?....is your sock/filter the mesh on the right? Mine goes left to right and back up, which accounts for my confusion of the order of operation.

Anyway, its late and I think I am mainly thinking outloud and reasoning my design rather yours..................see what Adv. Thermodynamics homework does to you..........

 

[jlfnjlf]

I considered a sock but decided against it. I wanted to gravity feed the skimmer, so I could not incorporate a sock. That and I was concerned I would create a nitrate factory, if I was not faithful enough to cleaning the sock. flow is left to right I am feeding the skimmer directly from the overflow. Then the skimmer output bypasses the refugium, so the flow in the refugium is not 100% of the sump flow.

 

[dots]

The socks generally last a week and start to overflow....I have four and rotate when they are full

 

[jlfnjlf]

RAYSTOCKETT,

I'll contact you once I have the acrylic.

goslugsgo,

RAYSTOCKETT is just down the street from me so I am going to take him up on the offer.

John

 

[goslugsgo]

Right on!