Sump Project...

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axs377

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So, I'm am planning the filtration for an upcoming 265rr (wanted the 300dd, but not enough room). Anyways I've decided to build a sump/ wet/dry myself using a 75gallon aquarium. The diagram illustrating my idea is below, please let me know if anything is fatally wrong. Basically the plan is in through media socks, through a drip plate into filter floss, over an eggcrate, through ~600 bio balls, another egg crate, then either carbon or foam into the sump area (not sure if carbon is needed since I'm using an autodrip that I'm plumbing through a water filter). In the sump area I will have 3 300watt heaters, the return pump (jaebo 12000), a small 392gph pump flowing to a 18 watt and 36 watt in line UV coral twist UV sterilizers, a 1" bulkhead to drain water as the level rises for a 1.5gl/hr autodrip. What do you think?


 
I think it's overkill. Filter socks, AND floss, AND foam...just do filter socks and call it good. I've never used bio balls, but they do take up more space than other bio media.

You could probably be fine with 2 filter socks, 1 bag of matrix, and some pumps. No chambers in tbe sump, no eggcrate, lots of open water in the sump. Easy to clean, put heaters and some plants maybe, or room for a fish or two if they get beat up.

Personal preference I guess, but that's what I'd do.


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My goal is definitely overkill...lol I do however think this is still easier to maintain then a couple canisters. The egg crate is just for shelving, the plastic criss cross stuff, not the foam stuff. I'm hoping filter socks swapped every coupled weeks, filter floss once a month...no water changes due to autodrip...maybe a poo vac every couple wekks
 
Personally I would do a single larger return pump plumbed through a single larger sterilizer. .......sometimes less is more, less connections and equipment means less places to leak. I don't see the need for the seperate pump to 2 different sterilizers

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I'd much rather run the return through the UV, but I already have the 18watt and 36 and the return gph is way too high to be effective for killing bacteria.
 
When using one pump to return to the tank and accessories like a uv sterilizer, the use of a ball valve to regulate the flow goes a long way. You can throw a t in the pvc and put a ball valve in between a larger uv or even run the smaller ones off the large pump and achieve whatever flow rate through them you want.

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Progar said:
When using one pump to return to the tank and accessories like a uv sterilizer, the use of a ball valve to regulate the flow goes a long way. You can throw a t in the pvc and put a ball valve in between a larger uv or even run the smaller ones off the large pump and achieve whatever flow rate through them you want.

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Hmm, never thought of that. Not a bad idea. How bad do you think that would restrict the main flow?
 
axs377 said:
Hmm, never thought of that. Not a bad idea. How bad do you think that would restrict the main flow?
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As much as you want it to. I made a loop like this once, I used a gate valve with a ball valve in front of it so I could easy on/off the loop but have it tuned where I wated it every time (for the sake of using a herbie drain.

It didnt seem to catastrophically affect flow. My return was 1.5" and I had a 1.5" tee with a reducer bushing to 3/4". It was half the size and maybe running 100gph or less when dialed down.

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