Hello all,
I have a 125 tank that I have installed in my office. It has a 75 gallon DIY sump that I made underneath it with a Reef Octopus Skimmer. Tank has a CPR CS Overflow box 1500GPH with dual pipes. 2 return pumps with a UV coming out of the sump to return to the tank. This tank isn't overly loud, but in a professional office setting it is annoying. I would like to remote the sump with most of the noisy equipment, but this is a single floor building with no basement. Floors are tiled over concrete slab so to go under it would be to difficult. I would need to do a vertical run through the ceiling which is 10ft high, over horizontally 35ft or so, then back down into the sump in the back room. My concern is the initial vertical run. I was thinking I could get another sump tank underneath, say a 55gallon long, no baffles with a large return pump for the overflows to drain into. The pump would return the under tank sump to the remote sump (vertical run), then another large return pump in the remote sump would make the run back to the DT. Is this feasible or am I completely crazy? I already have the RO/DI water area in the rear with a hose running through the ceiling into the current sump. I also plumbed the tank with a valve and exterior drain so to drain the tank for maintenance only requires opening a valve to drain outside. Pictures were taken directly after weekly maintenance so disregard cloudy water please.
Thanks for any feedback!
I have a 125 tank that I have installed in my office. It has a 75 gallon DIY sump that I made underneath it with a Reef Octopus Skimmer. Tank has a CPR CS Overflow box 1500GPH with dual pipes. 2 return pumps with a UV coming out of the sump to return to the tank. This tank isn't overly loud, but in a professional office setting it is annoying. I would like to remote the sump with most of the noisy equipment, but this is a single floor building with no basement. Floors are tiled over concrete slab so to go under it would be to difficult. I would need to do a vertical run through the ceiling which is 10ft high, over horizontally 35ft or so, then back down into the sump in the back room. My concern is the initial vertical run. I was thinking I could get another sump tank underneath, say a 55gallon long, no baffles with a large return pump for the overflows to drain into. The pump would return the under tank sump to the remote sump (vertical run), then another large return pump in the remote sump would make the run back to the DT. Is this feasible or am I completely crazy? I already have the RO/DI water area in the rear with a hose running through the ceiling into the current sump. I also plumbed the tank with a valve and exterior drain so to drain the tank for maintenance only requires opening a valve to drain outside. Pictures were taken directly after weekly maintenance so disregard cloudy water please.
Thanks for any feedback!
