What can I put between my second and final chamber ??

[Wilsontank]

I recently bought some chaeto and it seems to be breaking apart little pieces of it. it's getting sucked in by the protein skimmer pump and resulting of lowering the bubbles so I'm not getting any skimming. Any ideas of what I could put between my refugium and the last chamber so the pieces of chaeto wont get stuck in the protein skimmer. I have the pro flex sump model 3 and it comes with a sponge in the water its trapping most of it but there are still some small pieces going into the pump skimmer.

 

[anit77]

Is flipping the sump around an option? That way the flow will be in the reverse that it is now.

 

[whosurcaddie]

You could do something like thishttp://www.petsolutions.com/C/Wet-Dry-Aquarium-Filters/I/Eshopps-Reef-Sump-Filters.aspx

But you're going to need to clean it often.

 

[pdiehm]

my chaeto was doing the same thing. I got fed up and just removed it and the refugium all together. My sump is now drain/skimmer, bubble trap, return.

 

[Wilsontank]

Is flipping the sump around an option? That way the flow will be in the reverse that it is now.

I think there is no way I can do that because of the design of the sump

 

[Sk8r]

Put a sheet of plastic needlepoint canvas in the way.

 

[Chuckd76]

Put a sheet of plastic needlepoint canvas in the way.

+1
If you can drill a couple of small holes in the sump baffles zip tie the needlepoint canvas in place. I've got it in my glass sump that has eggcrate above the baffles with the canvas zip tied to the eggcrate. Works for chaeto, snails, fish, etc.

 

[Wilsontank]

my chaeto was doing the same thing. I got fed up and just removed it and the refugium all together. My sump is now drain/skimmer, bubble trap, return.

I was thinking of doing this too. Did you have problems with nitrates after you did that ? Since I'm guessing you took out some live sans and rock aswell from the refugium

 

[pdiehm]

I was thinking of doing this too. Did you have problems with nitrates after you did that ? Since I'm guessing you took out some live sans and rock aswell from the refugium

My nitrates haven't been bad from the start, usually around 7-10ppm.

I had a barebottom refugium, with just a small ball of chaeto (it didn't tumble. Just sorta moved around on the bottom, stirring up detritus, and the pieces of chaeto that had fallen off). there was a small amount of Pukani rubble that fell apart during tank set up. Only ran chaeto a few weeks, so I can't comment if there was any noticeable different in nitrates.

What I did was remove that baffle, and stack the rubble in a corner opposite of the return. I figure they at least hold bacteria that I want.