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Dan Norgard
January 11th 04, 05:00 PM
Hi;
I can't post a drawing so I'll try to be descriptive enough to understand.

I will have an 80g on a stand with a six-inch light canopy above it.
connecting these two bits of cabinetry will be a chase on the left about a
foot wide with an operating door. It will contain the four or five foot
tall skimmer and return line to the tank. In the stand will be a 30g tank
divided into a sump/bubbletrap/refugium.

I plan on running a line from the tank to the freestanding air-driven
homebuilt skimmer. From the bottom/side of the skimmer up and over the side
of the 30g into the bubbletrap, to the refugium, then through that into a
sump where it will be picked up by the pump and returned to the main tank

All I plan on is a reef tank with corals, dusters and the two obligatory
Perculas. My 10g is doing fine witnout anything but LR and LS but as Marc
says "The Solution to Pollution is Dilution" , so I'd rather overkill than
just kill.

Anyone think this will work?

Thanks for your evaluation,

Dan

Marc Levenson
January 11th 04, 07:00 PM
Dan,

The water level in your skimmer will be the same height as the water level in
your sump, if you use a gravity-fed system. The only way to fill it higher is
to have an adjustable outlet from the skimmer that you can raise or lower as
needed, similar to the EuroReef system.

Can't wati to see pictures of this one. ;)

Marc


Dan Norgard wrote:

> Hi;
> I can't post a drawing so I'll try to be descriptive enough to understand.
>
> I will have an 80g on a stand with a six-inch light canopy above it.
> connecting these two bits of cabinetry will be a chase on the left about a
> foot wide with an operating door. It will contain the four or five foot
> tall skimmer and return line to the tank. In the stand will be a 30g tank
> divided into a sump/bubbletrap/refugium.
>
> I plan on running a line from the tank to the freestanding air-driven
> homebuilt skimmer. From the bottom/side of the skimmer up and over the side
> of the 30g into the bubbletrap, to the refugium, then through that into a
> sump where it will be picked up by the pump and returned to the main tank
>
> All I plan on is a reef tank with corals, dusters and the two obligatory
> Perculas. My 10g is doing fine witnout anything but LR and LS but as Marc
> says "The Solution to Pollution is Dilution" , so I'd rather overkill than
> just kill.
>
> Anyone think this will work?
>
> Thanks for your evaluation,
>
> Dan

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Dan Norgard
January 12th 04, 02:51 AM
So you think it has a chance?


Can't wait to see pictures of this one. ;)

Marc

Marc Levenson
January 12th 04, 04:35 AM
Everything has a chance until proven implausible. :)

Marc


Dan Norgard wrote:

> So you think it has a chance?
>

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Wayne Sallee
January 28th 04, 03:48 PM
I've been doing this for years. I have a realy good setup for this. And the way
I do it, the cost is very little. and it procceses 1,000 gallons and hour.
And the built in overflwo on the tank, becomes part of the protine skimmer.
You can see pictures at
http://members.aol.com/waynesalle/plumbingphotos.htm

Those pictures don't show it all that well, but if you are near Eustis Florida
(north of Orlando) you can see one in action at the store.

Wayne Sallee
http://members.aol.com/waynesallee/weblink.htm