need sump help

[reefer96]

I have a perfecto 75g, at what height should i make the baffles? I just got my ati bm 250 yesterday, so i cant wait to get some glass cut and then try to silicone it in place. The compartments will be drain & skimmer together / fuge / resouvoir then external return (iwaki 70)
I going to try to get the glass measured & cut by a glass shop, so I dont mis-measure the sizes. (i plan on drawing it on the outside of tank so shop knows where things are going to go)

any thoughts
thanks
mark

 

[frenchie]

not sure with my extreme octopus skimmer and my euroreef i was anywhere from 6 to 10 inches so i went with 8 inches in both my sumps not sure about ati skimmers. both sumps have 3 compartments first for skimmer, second for refugium, and 3rd for return pump and auto topoff sensors since that is were the water level flucuates.

 

[reefer96]

well ati says the skimmer should be ran in 6-7 inches of water, so i'll build a stand for it to sit on, i'm thinking my baffles need to be at around 14-15 inches tall. that would give me a fuge area of about 20g. (18x18x14)

however this is the first sump i've ever built, designed, whatever you want to call it.

i just want to make sure im doing this right.

thanks

 

[frenchie]

make sure you give your sump enough room to hold water in case of power outages, if i unplug my pump and let water drain down until it stops my sump will hold xtra water from tank until falls below over flow teeth.