Scrubber Sump

[RAYISKING]

Ok so i am gonna make my sump with a 40 breeder i want the tank is a 50 gallon drilled the bulk head for the water to the sump is gravity fed there will be pvc and a valve so i can control the flow. the elbow will be right at the breeder tank sump for the scrubber live rock sand then the return. there is no glass at all in the sump can anyone just let me know if this is ok i attached a pic

 

[mray]

That should work; I have a similar setup in my tank.

 

[geldof]

No protein skimmer? Are you doing a DSB in the sump? It looks good. Keep us updated.

 

[RAYISKING]

No DSB i am doing maybe about 20 pounds of sand

 

[mray]

When I said that your setup could work I mean't that the idea of it would work. My setup is not exactly the same as yours. On mine, water is delivered from my overflow to the scrubber which is over two baffles. On one side I have a skimmer and on the other I have live rocks.

 

[RAYISKING]

OK so i took a couple an hour to do this i am just gonna post pics I will explain later. But i would like some help with the return if i have a 50 breeder tank and a 40 breeder sump what size pump do i need. the bulk heads are both one inch.

 

[RAYISKING]

Here are more pictures I will explain each piece if once i finish putting all them up

 

[RAYISKING]

ok i only have two more pictures and i will explain

 

[RAYISKING]

ok here are all the pics for the gravity fed pipe now I will explain them 1 threw how every many pictures i took.

 

[RAYISKING]

ok so i drilled one for one inch bulk head for the return and the drop the drop is gravity fed. Painted the back of the tank black. Ok so the first pvc coming out of the drop is a one inch pvc pipe that is about 4inches that connects to a one inch T so that air can force the water down then another piece of 1 in pvc connected to a valve. This is so i can control the flow or stop the water when i am doing some work in the sump. Then we have another one inch pvc pipe about 4 inchs with a 1 inch slip thread elbow that is connected to a union valve so i can take out the pipe and clean it if the algae gets in the pipe and stops the flow.

 

[RAYISKING]

so after a little debating i am going to go with a mag 9.5