sump input needed

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DiXoN

DiXoN

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ok i have my final design so here goes what do you think as i need to order it.
if will be for this set up for a reef. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=53788

the sump will be 26'' long by 18'' wide by 14'' high

the intake/skimmer section compartment will be 6''long and 18''wide and will be situated on the left handside and will have a 3 baffle bubble trap totalling 3'' wide and has a 1 '' gap between each baffle with centre baffle 1'' of the bottom. this section totals 9''.
this section will hold the feed pump for the skimmer only.

the next compartment in the middle is the return which will be 7'' long by 18''wide and will hold the return pump and heaters only.

the last compartment will be the fuge section at the other end of the tank and will be 8'' long by 18'' wide and will hold a deep sand bed with live rock rubble only.
this will be partitioned with a single baffle from the return.

the tank will have 2 holes drilled with bulkheads behind a weir, each bulkhead will have piping flowing too the sump with one flowing directly the the intake compartment and the other piping will have a T peice section, the T peice sectioned piping will split between the fuge and the intake compartments with the fuge piping having a ball valve to help regulate the flow.
once set up the intake compartment will receive 75% of the water and the fuge the other 25%, the return compartment should be big enough too keep the evaporation down too.

the baffle height will be 9'' with the center baffle being 10'' due to the 1'' gap underneath
 
Hey Dixon, I am fairly new to this forum and would love to help you out. I own a business designing, building and maintaining reef aquariums. I have thousands of hours of research and experience in custom built reef life support systems and would love to help you out. I know of many types of filteration/circulation systems not commenly used. Measured sketches would be helpfull. However I do not know much about computers so send me a message, or reply to this post, or something and we'll get it done.
I love the tank and local. Also let me know if you need good sources for LR, corals, or fish.
Skimmers, surge tanks, refugiums, Ca reacter's, nitrate reductor's, DSB's, I know it all.
 
jungledriver;821749; said:
Hey Dixon, I am fairly new to this forum and would love to help you out. I own a business designing, building and maintaining reef aquariums. I have thousands of hours of research and experience in custom built reef life support systems and would love to help you out. I know of many types of filteration/circulation systems not commenly used. Measured sketches would be helpfull. However I do not know much about computers so send me a message, or reply to this post, or something and we'll get it done.
I love the tank and local. Also let me know if you need good sources for LR, corals, or fish.
Skimmers, surge tanks, refugiums, Ca reacter's, nitrate reductor's, DSB's, I know it all.
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thanks i ended up ordering the sump already and have a deltec ap600 skimmer, i live in the UK so getting stuff in the states would be a trek but thanks for the offer. once the sump comes though i may have a few questions for you regarding pipework.
thanks again
dixon
 
Happy to help. Let me know. Hell, alot of the stuff I buy comes from Germany (Tunze, H&S, etc.). It takes like six weeks to get to California, but shouldn't take to long to reach you eh?
 
Hey by the way, I am just getting back into freshwater after six years of professionally building reef tanks for other people, and really like these datnioides. Give me some links or something. Those things are BAD!
 
click the links for datnoids in my signature i goes to my website.
you can also check out the datnoid forum in other monsters too.
thanks
 
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