Equipment Room Pictures
Equipment Room Pictures
Thanks for reminding me Patrick. What good is a reef tank without essential gadgets?
I am sure your new corals will do very well in your reef. I will see you later this week for experimenting with the 400Ws in your Luminarcs...
Overall description of drains and returns:
- Two 2" drains, one draining into the refugium via two 1" restricted ball valves (only source of providing flow/water movement in the refugium), another going directly into sump 1st section
- Refugium overflow drains to sump below it (into 2nd section) via 1.5" pipe
- One 1.5" return to tank, part of it going through chiller via a T and ball valve (Borrowing idea from jdieck's setup)
- Return pump intake is 2", and feeds from 3rd section in the sump via a 90" fitting, no input restriction
- Skimmer pump intake is 2", feeds from 1st section in the sump via DIY strainer (basically a capped slotted 2" PVC pipe, thanks to my miter saw)
- Skimmer output drains to 1st section in the sump
- Batting material and sponge between the 2nd section and 3rd section (before the return), washed every two weeks and replaced monthly.
- All three sections in the sump have drain outputs with 1/2" ball valves and a master 3/4" ball valve (makes water change a breeze)
- 65G poly water tank for water changes, plumbed to the 3rd section in the sump via a ball valve.
Pictures of the equipment room for ideas:
. I already have one so I see no reason to buy another.
