I see all these tanks in the tanks of the month with these high tech plumbing styles under their tanks. It looks awesome but I want to know how you guys do it? I dont have drilled overflows but I dont think that would be a problem. I just want to improve my reef. It is about a 75 gallon. Do you guys have the water go through a chain of equipment (filters, UV sterilizers, etc.) or do you have all of it in your sump? Some diagrams would be great or some pictures with specific areas pointed out. Thanks a lot to everyone.
How do you guys do it?
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Bandsaw
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Well, if you can wait until the weekend, I'll be more than happy to post pictures of my setup.
You don't need a drilled tank. You can use a good high quality overflow box for the job. Just make sure the flow of water through is high enough to suck through the bubbles. Drilled tanks are nice because you don't need to worry about overflow boxes loosing their siphon.
Adding a sump to my setup was the best move I made. Moving the sump into my basement was the second best move that I made. With the water works in the basement and the tank upstairs, my living room is whisper quit.
Most of the tank support is done in my sump. My heaters are in the sump; My PH Monitor and Skimmer are all down stairs in the sump. I dose Kalk water as my top off water. Dosing to the sump keeps the PH spike limited to the sump only. I have never had a PH spike in the main display. I also keep my carbon and phosban in the sump.
Without a doubt, the best move I ever done was to add a sump and move it to the basement. Here is one picture of my basement.
You don't need a drilled tank. You can use a good high quality overflow box for the job. Just make sure the flow of water through is high enough to suck through the bubbles. Drilled tanks are nice because you don't need to worry about overflow boxes loosing their siphon.
Adding a sump to my setup was the best move I made. Moving the sump into my basement was the second best move that I made. With the water works in the basement and the tank upstairs, my living room is whisper quit.
Most of the tank support is done in my sump. My heaters are in the sump; My PH Monitor and Skimmer are all down stairs in the sump. I dose Kalk water as my top off water. Dosing to the sump keeps the PH spike limited to the sump only. I have never had a PH spike in the main display. I also keep my carbon and phosban in the sump.
Without a doubt, the best move I ever done was to add a sump and move it to the basement. Here is one picture of my basement.
Bandsaw
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cuong, We had a mold problem when we first moved here 8 years ago.
What you see on the wall is just where the paint was taken off by the mold.
Nothing that a good dehumidifier could not take care off over the first winter here.
Now I am afried to paint the wall becuase of the sump!!
What you see on the wall is just where the paint was taken off by the mold.
Nothing that a good dehumidifier could not take care off over the first winter here.
Now I am afried to paint the wall becuase of the sump!!
zapata41
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well the tank sits on the other side of the wall that you see behing all the equipment. the water drains in the into the sump from the overflows, one overflow feeds a 1 gallon bucket that the skimmer feed pump and CA reactor effluent drip sits in. all the water from that bucket is sent through the skimmer which drains into the sump that it sits in. i sized the skimmer feed pump accordingly with the size of skimmer i have and then fed the feed pump bucket with the same amount of water, so half of all the water that is skimmed from the display goes through the skimmer. the other overflow dumps into the far side of the sump where the phosphate reactor sits. all the water then goes to the return pump which is T'd off to feed the CA reactor and also to feed the frag tank. the frag tank overflows back into the skimmer feed pump bucket.
i am very happy with how everything is working, i might build a larger skimmer so i can process more water through it and use both overflows to feed it, but i just built the one i have so i miht have to wait a month or so.
my goal was to have all the water that overflows the display go through the skimmer and other equipment without having a ton of water just dumping into the sump un processed. i feel i have succeeded nicely since i only have about 20% of the overflow water being unfiltered
TIm
i am very happy with how everything is working, i might build a larger skimmer so i can process more water through it and use both overflows to feed it, but i just built the one i have so i miht have to wait a month or so.
my goal was to have all the water that overflows the display go through the skimmer and other equipment without having a ton of water just dumping into the sump un processed. i feel i have succeeded nicely since i only have about 20% of the overflow water being unfiltered
TIm
Bandsaw
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Quaday,
Here are a couple of pics of my overflow and the plumbing to the downstairs.
One problem I had was drilling a 1 1/4 dia hole through 5" of hardwood floor!! Don't ask how old the house is. I have not a clue. It was originally a Catholic Rectory build when the church was built. Some 100 years ago anyway.
I should have gone one model higher for my return pump. It is not quite strong enough to keep the flow high enough to keep 100% of the bubbles out of my overflow.
Here are a couple of pics of my overflow and the plumbing to the downstairs.
One problem I had was drilling a 1 1/4 dia hole through 5" of hardwood floor!! Don't ask how old the house is. I have not a clue. It was originally a Catholic Rectory build when the church was built. Some 100 years ago anyway.
I should have gone one model higher for my return pump. It is not quite strong enough to keep the flow high enough to keep 100% of the bubbles out of my overflow.
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