Sump/refugium question.

"Mark Cooper" wrote in message
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I have a 55 gal. FOWLR, and am looking at building a sump from a 10
gal.
tank I have. This is about as big as will fit under the stand I
have. I
plan on using a Mag 7 for a return pump, which at 4' of head is 480
gph.

I would like to have a small refugium built into this, but would
this be
too much current? Maybe just live rock in the sump?


Thanks,
Mark


I partitioned off a ten gallon to use as a sump last year. One end
has a baffle for the drain. It's about 4-5" from the end and a couple
inches short of the top frame. The middle of the tank has a DSB, and
several hermit crabs that are too nasty to be trusted in the display
tank. The other end of the sump has a bubble trap, with the three
sheets of acrylic placed just far enough from the end to allow a Mag9
to be placed in the space for the return. The amount of current
created by the Mag doesn't seem to bother the hermits, nor the macro
growing in the fuge.

"Billy" wrote in news:atydnep2BZK-dgTfRVn-
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"Mark Cooper" wrote in message
...
I have a 55 gal. FOWLR, and am looking at building a sump from a 10
gal.
tank I have. This is about as big as will fit under the stand I
have. I
plan on using a Mag 7 for a return pump, which at 4' of head is 480
gph.

I would like to have a small refugium built into this, but would
this be
too much current? Maybe just live rock in the sump?


Thanks,
Mark


I partitioned off a ten gallon to use as a sump last year. One end
has a baffle for the drain. It's about 4-5" from the end and a couple
inches short of the top frame. The middle of the tank has a DSB, and
several hermit crabs that are too nasty to be trusted in the display
tank. The other end of the sump has a bubble trap, with the three
sheets of acrylic placed just far enough from the end to allow a Mag9
to be placed in the space for the return. The amount of current
created by the Mag doesn't seem to bother the hermits, nor the macro
growing in the fuge.




This sounds like what I'm planning. I have some panes of window glass cut
to fit so that the water enters on one end, goes through a baffle to the
middle/refugium, then over another partition into a section for the
return pump.

Thanks,
Mark

Mark, I would like to see a pic of this when complete. I want to do the
same, but have limited knowledge of how to design it.

"Mark Cooper" wrote in message
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"Billy" wrote in news:atydnep2BZK-dgTfRVn-
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"Mark Cooper" wrote in message
...
I have a 55 gal. FOWLR, and am looking at building a sump from a 10
gal.
tank I have. This is about as big as will fit under the stand I
have. I
plan on using a Mag 7 for a return pump, which at 4' of head is 480
gph.

I would like to have a small refugium built into this, but would
this be
too much current? Maybe just live rock in the sump?


Thanks,
Mark


I partitioned off a ten gallon to use as a sump last year. One end
has a baffle for the drain. It's about 4-5" from the end and a couple
inches short of the top frame. The middle of the tank has a DSB, and
several hermit crabs that are too nasty to be trusted in the display
tank. The other end of the sump has a bubble trap, with the three
sheets of acrylic placed just far enough from the end to allow a Mag9
to be placed in the space for the return. The amount of current
created by the Mag doesn't seem to bother the hermits, nor the macro
growing in the fuge.




This sounds like what I'm planning. I have some panes of window glass cut
to fit so that the water enters on one end, goes through a baffle to the
middle/refugium, then over another partition into a section for the
return pump.

Thanks,
Mark

"BigMike" iyam@whatiyam wrote in message
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Mark, I would like to see a pic of this when complete. I want to do
the
same, but have limited knowledge of how to design it.



I got my inspiration from Marc, see
www.melevsreef.com

billy

"BigMike" iyam@whatiyam wrote in
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Mark, I would like to see a pic of this when complete. I want to do
the same, but have limited knowledge of how to design it.



Certainly. I just went around to various websites like melevsreef.com and
looked at the pics of other people's setups. This will be a fairly simple
one, but it's cheap. I'll be sure to get a couple pics.

Mark