suggestions for 20g sump/refugium

[fldiver99]

help! any ideas on basic construction for a 20g (30in long) sump/refugium? I have a turbofloter skimmer that i want to have outside and drain into the sump keeping in mind min bubbles into refuge. baffle design, suggestions, any help would be greatly appreciatied.

fldiver99

 

[Anonymous]

there are so many ways to make one...

what i envision for a smaller tank would be a large initial section for whatever you might want to have in there, skimmer, heater, refugium, etc.
then i would put some sort of eggcrate shelf in there to put the skimmer on and would keep it as close to the sump inlet as possible (that is if microbubbles are a huge issue with you).

and if microbubbles are just that, i would put in a baffle or two just before the outlet or submersible pump.

keep in mind that the last section will dictate how much water you can have evaporated before the pump starts sucking air, so if you are not going to have a top off system you might want this to be of a decent volume.

 

[bubbletip1]

I did the same thing. Sump W/ small fuge in center for cheto.......works great for my 30 display...demensions depend on your skimmer, return pump etc. The is the "dry setup" shot of mine (not a clean looking anymore)

 

[Tackett]

thats way cool. Been thinking of using the 29 gallon that I have laying around for a sump for some time now. That has given me a few ideas.

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

Geeze Tackett, didn't you ask about that like acouple of months ago :wink:

 

[Oceans Ferevh]

I'd make the refuge area be in a container that you can remove from the sump if needed (cleaning, problems, moving, etc).

 

[bubbletip1]

Good idea about making it into its own box within a box. It can be hard to clean the fuge out as I have it now. But either way it dos the job...here it is “wet” for the first time” today you can hardly see into it b/c of all the coralline....

 

[bubbletip1]

forgot this.....