I am in the process of setting up an old 180 as a temporary tank for all the LR I have collected. I will also add the inhabitants of a 90 which has to go before I can start on the construction of an in-wall 300. I am guessing that it will take almost a year before I can finish the 300 (other projects).
I was going to set up a temp sump section now in the same location for the future 300 sump and use it for the 180, however it is about 30 feet away. It will take a large pump to complete this loop, not to mention the money and time for something temporary. The 180 has an 1 1/2" over flow with 12" of teeth.
Now I am thinking about skipping the sump at this time all together. My thought is to just set up the 4' ER fed directly from the 180 overflow. Would it be possible to run a mag 7 on the skimmer out, as a return, and a mag 12 recirc mod?
I have both mags on hand. I bought the ER used in preparation for the 300, it is an in-sump model. Could the In-sump model be trusted as leak free? I have tested it to be so at static, but I am afraid in use might be different. Will the negative pressure of the Mag 7 affect the skimmer? I will put a valve on it, which will be the only way I can adjust it. It will be next to the tank, with the top of the reaction chamber only 2" over the tank. I am counting on the air volume to push the water level down as well as the tanks overflow to set the flow rate. Water level will be critical for the skimmer to perform, which will be maintained by an air gap reservoir. Help me please! Thanks for reading.
I was going to set up a temp sump section now in the same location for the future 300 sump and use it for the 180, however it is about 30 feet away. It will take a large pump to complete this loop, not to mention the money and time for something temporary. The 180 has an 1 1/2" over flow with 12" of teeth.
Now I am thinking about skipping the sump at this time all together. My thought is to just set up the 4' ER fed directly from the 180 overflow. Would it be possible to run a mag 7 on the skimmer out, as a return, and a mag 12 recirc mod?
I have both mags on hand. I bought the ER used in preparation for the 300, it is an in-sump model. Could the In-sump model be trusted as leak free? I have tested it to be so at static, but I am afraid in use might be different. Will the negative pressure of the Mag 7 affect the skimmer? I will put a valve on it, which will be the only way I can adjust it. It will be next to the tank, with the top of the reaction chamber only 2" over the tank. I am counting on the air volume to push the water level down as well as the tanks overflow to set the flow rate. Water level will be critical for the skimmer to perform, which will be maintained by an air gap reservoir. Help me please! Thanks for reading.
