Critque my sump design

[simike]

planning a sump fpr a 30 cube, since i cant fit much under the stand this is going next to it, want to use a 20 high dimm are 24x12x16 which gives me enough height for overflow problems and size restrictions.

i have a ER cs80 skimmer which is quite large so it takes up alot of room. i am planning on rasing it up a few inches so i can increasa the total volume of water in the sump and keep skimmer at proper height in 7 inches of water.

i really want a fuge, it should be about over 3 gals, my return area is smaller than i would like, i plan to use a 500 to 780 return pump, is the area big enough? Is the fuge having too much flow through it? shoud i place the return in the middle and just tee off the return or put a pico pump into fill fuge??
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[drunktank]

check out http://www.acrylicsumps.com/, he's got some designs specifically for a 30g you might want to check out

 

[nanoreefer22]

I'd put the 3 baffles after the fuge and the single baffle after the skimmer.

 

[simike]

drunk, ive talked to him before, he has really nice stuff, ive been thinking about this for awhile, the tank will be next to a table where i can put the sump and use the small space under the stand for other stuff, its such a small space under there..

Nano, good idea ive seen it done both ways, but more often the way i planned, i thought it would make more sense your way, but i dudnt know if it was right, more time for bubbles to collect.

 

[nanoreefer22]

Yup, with the single baffle before the return you'd get a lot of bubbles getting to the return pump. With the 3 baffles before the return it has more time, as you said, for the bubbles to be stopped.

 

[vanceny]

Its seems you'll be getting over 10x flow through your fuge, the recommended flow should only be 3-5x the tank volume.

Option 1: I would put the return in the middle and either split your overflow with a tee and a ball valve to control how much flow goes to the fuge.

Option 2: Still put the return in the middle and tee your return pipe with a ball valve to the fuge.

Hope that makes sense. Option 1 will give you more flow in the tank if that's what you need. Option 2 will reduce the flow in the tank since a portion will be heading into the fuge.

Vance

 

[simike]

bump, can a mod move this to begin forumn