any good books on the construction of...

[Paul Schnettler]

sumps and refugiums?
Ive had my tank running for 18 mos. and now yearn to learn more on the
reasons and purposes behind the different sump designs. I see alot of
plans and sytems that others have designed, but would like a good source
book describing the different chamber processes and such.
Presently I have a bio-wheel system which overflows into a secondary
chamber where the skimmer and return pump are located.
I'd like to learn the science behind the systems before jumping into
modifying what I have or starting over.
thanks,
Paul S.

P.S. my book library contains:
the Birgit Nielson vol.2 and 3. (hoping for vol 1 for x-mas)
one of Sprungs coral guides and a couple of other starter books.

[CapFusion]

http://www.gcstudios.com/nagelsreef/Makeover/diyrefugium.html


A Sump is a place where equipment/filtration is placed such as a skimmer,
heater and such. Also, it's a place where people can run carbon and place
live rock (for extra biological filtration). Also, sumps help add water
volume onto the tank. This is why they are a good idea for smaller nano
tanks.

Refugiums are a place where Macro Algaes can grow to help filter the water
and where pods, worms, and other sandbed fauna can grow and reproduce
without being in harms way of predators, hense the name "refugium". To learn
more about refugiums click here:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/3389/reeftank/refugium.html also,
here's some information on how Sumps work:
http://www.melevsreef.com/what_sump.html


HTH, GL

CapFusion,...


"Paul Schnettler" > wrote in message
...
> sumps and refugiums?
> Ive had my tank running for 18 mos. and now yearn to learn more on the
> reasons and purposes behind the different sump designs. I see alot of
> plans and sytems that others have designed, but would like a good source
> book describing the different chamber processes and such.
> Presently I have a bio-wheel system which overflows into a secondary
> chamber where the skimmer and return pump are located.
> I'd like to learn the science behind the systems before jumping into
> modifying what I have or starting over.
> thanks,
> Paul S.
>
> P.S. my book library contains:
> the Birgit Nielson vol.2 and 3. (hoping for vol 1 for x-mas)
> one of Sprungs coral guides and a couple of other starter books.
>

[Paul Schnettler]

good stuff, thanks Cap

CapFusion wrote:

> http://www.gcstudios.com/nagelsreef/Makeover/diyrefugium.html
>
>
> A Sump is a place where equipment/filtration is placed such as a skimmer,
> heater and such. Also, it's a place where people can run carbon and place
> live rock (for extra biological filtration). Also, sumps help add water
> volume onto the tank. This is why they are a good idea for smaller nano
> tanks.
>
> Refugiums are a place where Macro Algaes can grow to help filter the water
> and where pods, worms, and other sandbed fauna can grow and reproduce
> without being in harms way of predators, hense the name "refugium". To learn
> more about refugiums click here:
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/3389/reeftank/refugium.html also,
> here's some information on how Sumps work:
> http://www.melevsreef.com/what_sump.html
>
>
> HTH, GL
>
> CapFusion,...
>