sump design

[ducati1212]

I have a 30 Gal tank that I just moved and can now put a small sump on it. I have a spare 10 gallon tank that I was going to use.

My plan is to add one piece of acrylic dividing the tank about 80 / 20 one half will be a fuge / cheato area with miracle mud the other half the other half with the return pump.

The single acrylic divider will go about 70 % of tank height and just help with overflow if the HOB overflow loses suction I wont empty the whole sump into the tank just one chamber.

Does this plan sound ok for a simple sump / fuge??

 

[ducati1212]

ok let me ask this

Can I leave the 10 Gallon all open with sand and macro. no divider. would that work. maybe put the mag 5 on a platform so if I lose siphon on the HOB It will only drain X amount of water into main tank

 

[Toddrtrex]

I would put baffles in there, will go a long way towards stopping micro-bubbles that you will get from the inflow into the sump.

 

[Aquarist007]

Re: sump design

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13092771#post13092771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ducati1212
I have a 30 Gal tank that I just moved and can now put a small sump on it. I have a spare 10 gallon tank that I was going to use.

My plan is to add one piece of acrylic dividing the tank about 80 / 20 one half will be a fuge / cheato area with miracle mud the other half the other half with the return pump.

The single acrylic divider will go about 70 % of tank height and just help with overflow if the HOB overflow loses suction I wont empty the whole sump into the tank just one chamber.

Does this plan sound ok for a simple sump / fuge??

Consider chaeto alone and forget the miracle mud. Miracle mud is usually used to get a layering affect in a deep sand bed or a remote deep sand bed. Very liittle benifit and big mess in your particular situation.

 

[Alaska_Phil]

Put in the divider, otherwise you'll constantly be picking your macro out of the return pump. Marc has some good sump design advice on his site www.melevsreef.com

Phil