New to Large Reef Tank and Would Like Sump Advice

[Bob60070]

Hello all,
Allow me to introduce myself. I am Bob Borders and I have been involved in the hobby for 2 years.
I am setting up a 225 reef tank. I currently have a 75g and two 30g that I am combining. I have a 90 tank I intend to use as a sump and a 37 gal I will use as a fuge. I have an Aqua-C EV-1000 skimmer. I have 2 external return pumps and an external pump for the skimmer. The tank has a stand than big enough for the sump to fit under but the openings would not allow for anything bigger than a 40B so I decided to have the sump a fuge behind the tank but off to the side and perpendicular to the display. The 90g sump is quite large but I do not need nor want a section for the fuge since I will have one separate.
Now for the questions. How should I segment the sump? I will have two drain lines from the DT coming in separately but next to each other (in case one is some how blocked the other will continue to work). I intend to have the drains go through a micron bag. Do I pump the water for the skimmer from the drain section? Where should the shimmer drain go? As far as the fuge, it will placed above the sump. I intend to have a small pump from the sump supply water into the fuge and a gravity drain bring it back to the sump. The fuge will be higher than the drains from the DT. Should the pump for the sump to the fuge be placed in the same section as the DT drains? Where should the discharge from the fuge go? Lastly I will have an ATO and I assume it will go in the return pump section, is the correct?
I am sorry for the long winded post but I want to get this right.
If anyone a similar set-up I would appreciate it if you could pot some photos.
Thanks in advance,
Bob

 

[Beaun]

How should I segment the sump? There should be at least a drain section for the water coming in, a second section for water from the skimmer to return and a final area for pumps, with bubble traps between each area.

Do I pump the water for the skimmer from the drain section? Yes

Where should the shimmer drain go? Past the pumps for the skimmer (so you dont keep using the same water)

Should the pump for the sump to the fuge be placed in the same section as the DT drains? Sure
Where should the discharge from the fuge go? It can go in the same section as the skimmer discharge.

Lastly I will have an ATO and I assume it will go in the return pump section, is the correct? The middle section would be fine, you really need to find an area that has the least amount of turbulence so the water level dosnt change often and is the most uniform.



This is certainly not an end all answer, I'm sure others will have different oppinions.