Sumps

[RayAllen3422]

I am getting ready to set up a sump in a 75 gallon tank. I am looking for pictures so I can get ideas of what to do. Thanks!!!

 

[kmbyrnes]

Maybe this will help

Left to right:
Main and emergency drains with a tap for a filter sock
Skimmer and pump, which drain to the middle refugium area.
Final chamber holds the return pump.
The GFO/Carbon reactors over the refugium are powered by a manifold taken off the return line.
The 3 pieces of tape mark the low level water line, high level water line and the max water that drains when the pumps are turned off.

 

[RayAllen3422]

Maybe this will help



Left to right:

Main and emergency drains with a tap for a filter sock

Skimmer and pump, which drain to the middle refugium area.

Final chamber holds the return pump.

The GFO/Carbon reactors over the refugium are powered by a manifold taken off the return line.

The 3 pieces of tape mark the low level water line, high level water line and the max water that drains when the pumps are turned off.

That's exactly what I have been planning.

 

[RayAllen3422]

Is the intake and the skimmer in the same area? I was under the assumption you didn't want to skim before the refug. I may be wrong. I haven't been in the game in over 4 years.

 

[Coelli]

As an alternative you can put the fuge on the opposite end of the sump and the return in the middle. Flow to the fuge is controlled by a tee from the return. Water flows down into the skimmer chamber, then to the return. Some of the water is then sent to the fuge and overflows back into the return chamber.This is how I did it, and it's worked out very well for the past year! It also allowed me to increase the height of the fuge thereby increasing the volume.

 

[kmbyrnes]

Both ways will work well. Mine is plumbed as it is due to the sump layout. You can't see it, but the drains pass thru an acrylic sheet into a small chamber that helps prevent bubbles. This chamber has teeth that lead to the skimmer chamber.
The right ( return ) area also has a bulk head for use with an external pump if desired.

 

[lllesley]

although this is a much larger sump, you can use the layout the same, just smaller version is all. You may only have 3 chambers, I just spread mine out is all, But you could have skimmer one end live rock and chateau in the same chamber and then return. It will all work relative to the size of your DT.
the TLF 150 reactors can hang outside or sit in the water, what every room allows you to do.
My UV and reactors are all plumped into my return pump but skimmer has its own.

 

[Tigerdragon]

As an alternative you can put the fuge on the opposite end of the sump and the return in the middle. Flow to the fuge is controlled by a tee from the return. Water flows down into the skimmer chamber, then to the return. Some of the water is then sent to the fuge and overflows back into the return chamber.This is how I did it, and it's worked out very well for the past year! It also allowed me to increase the height of the fuge thereby increasing the volume.

Mine is this way but instead i teed off the drain to the fuge rather than the return