55 Gallon Wet/Dry Design...Any Input?

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JCA

JCA

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Hi Guys,

It's been a while since I posted, but I snagged myself a 55 gallon to use as a wet/dry for my 180 gallon. Here is my design...any input? I've done a decent amount of research on these filters, but I'm the first to admit I know I'll be lacking something in the design.

Thanks for the help!

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Looks great. What kind of mechanical?

Also there are times a carbon filter is handy, so it's nice to have an area for chemical filtration even if you don't use it during normal operation.


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Usually add mechanical filtration on the drip tray to better disperse water and its easily accessible being near the top. Remember how easy it will be to clean. If your mech is under the inlet pipes will you be able to clean it often? Im asuming you are running the UV on a powerhead because you dont need a huge UV to handle main flow? What about a wye and 2 returns and running uv inline? Just trying to simplify your desggn but you have a great start
 
How will the drip tray keep up with the flow? Are bio-balls necessary? I'd rather flow water over a bio-wheel on the end of a return line than bio balls in the sump, and have the bio ball space reserved for ceramic media.
 
Thanks for the responses guys!

Yoimbrian, for the mechanical I was thinking about using a media sock at the inlet and then a foam block after the bio media.

brich999, great ideas on plumbing the uv sterilizer in-line and including mechanical over the drip tray to disperse the water, I'll certainly do that instead.

Redearsunfish, I'm certainly open to ideas. Can you explain why you would rather flow water over a bio-wheel? If I were to use the bio ball space for ceramic media then I would design the sump to have a higher water level, which would be beneficial. I was just under the impression running water over bio balls in a wet/dry environment would be more efficient than running water through ceramic media in a purely wet environment. What is your input on that? And for the drip tray I imagine with enough holes it could keep up with the flow. However, from your statement I seem to be forgetting something?


Thanks again everyone
 
JCA said:
Thanks for the responses guys!

Yoimbrian, for the mechanical I was thinking about using a media sock at the inlet and then a foam block after the bio media.

brich999, great ideas on plumbing the uv sterilizer in-line and including mechanical over the drip tray to disperse the water, I'll certainly do that instead.

Redearsunfish, I'm certainly open to ideas. Can you explain why you would rather flow water over a bio-wheel? If I were to use the bio ball space for ceramic media then I would design the sump to have a higher water level, which would be beneficial. I was just under the impression running water over bio balls in a wet/dry environment would be more efficient than running water through ceramic media in a purely wet environment. What is your input on that? And for the drip tray I imagine with enough holes it could keep up with the flow. However, from your statement I seem to be forgetting something?


Thanks again everyone
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bio-balls in a wet dry set up is something I don't see too often anymore. I think marineland stopped making the bio-wheel returns unfortunately. In any event, a spinning drum seems more efficient space-wise to me. Google search bio-wheel sump and you'll see internal sumps with wheels.
 
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