Recent content by ReefDreamin'

Thanks everyone for your help...that web link with the closed loop system & SCWD is great....it's just what I'm looking for. Knucklehead, I'm actually not as far south as you are. I'm closer to Willingboro...that's about an hour away from Pleasantville I think. I know what you mean about...

Wow....maybe I'm a little slow here but my head is still spinning from your post Ross! I'm trying to get a picture in my mind to understand your suggested set up...unfortunately I learn better with pictures than with words alone, so if you could possibly post a drawing, that would be really...

Dave, what size tank/sump do you have? My concern is that two pumps will be too much for the size of my sump. I had another thread going about the size of my sump and tank vs. two MD 9.5s and a lot of good points were made by other posters, especially about the amount of heat given off by the...

Oooooooohh....good point. Didn't think of that. Would this work instead?

Wow, thanks for all the great advice guys...there were a lot of things pointed out that I hadn't even considered, especially the heat output of the pumps (eek!). I have made some revisions to my dual SCWD sketch, keeping all your ideas in mind. I figured I'd upgrade to a 25g sump and use an...

Thanks Tangir1 :)

Hey Everyone, I have attached a sketch of how I'd like to set up my 50g tank and 10g sump. I wanted to put in two SCWD wavemakers and Matt_Wandell (thanks again Matt) suggested I use two pumps instead of just one to get better circulation. With this plan I should get about 20 times the total...

Ok, so here's my new sketch with two SCWDs and two MagDrive 9.5s. Taking into consideration the 90 degree bends and the distance from the sump to the top of the tank, I should get about 20-23 times the total water volume to circulate every hour. I changed the size of the compartments in the...

Great! Thanks for the help!

Thanks Matt :) Two pumps sounds like a good idea, I didn't think of that - I'll have to figure out if I can fit another pump in the sump though. It's already pretty tight with just one pump since I want to throw an AquaC urchin in there and the heaters as well. There is always the...

Hello All, I am trying to figure out how to setup my sump...no tank yet, just in the planning stages. I would like to use the lifereef over flow to get water out of the tank and into the sump, but I have a question about the return. I have read some nice things about the SCWD wavemaker, but I...

Hi Everyone, I am trying to figure out the sump setup for my future 50g...I was thinking about a 10g All-Glass in the stand below the main tank. I want to have the protein skimmer & heaters in the sump so that the display tank isn't all cluttered up, however, the 10g tank is only 12" high, and...

Thanks for the advice Laura....I had read mixed reviews about the Chromis so I'm glad you mentioned your experience with your 55g. I wasn't sure about those guys...some people say they are calm and non-aggresive, but others say that they turn into true Damsel bullies once they get larger in...

Hi everyone, I was wondering how many fish, corals, etc. I could safely put in a 50g reef tank with a 10g sump. I was originally thinking of setting up a 25g, but now that I've decided to get a 50g + 10g sump, I wanted to get some advice on livestock. I'm interested in the following: Bubble...

Hi everyone...sorry if this is a really stupid question :oops: .... I was looking up info about overflows and sumps (trying to figure out what they are, whether I need one, how to set one up, etc.), and I saw some posts about the LifeReef overflow being a good choice. I went to their website...