Now accepting brilliant ideas!!
 

For partitioning my sump. It's 5ft long, 2ft tall, and 18" wide. I'll want to use a filter bag for input, my Euroreef sits in there somewhere, a float valve for auto-topoff and a heater. And I guess a small power head to feed the reactor.
I've always done various baffles with chambers, but this is a clean tank, never baffled ,so I'm wondering if someone has better ideas than me (no cheap shots on that, k? :) ) Thanks

What's the footprint of the skimmer?

roughly 9x12 with all the plumbing and pump

Here's my submission:

http://members.shaw.ca/harvwong/sump.JPG

Basically water flows in a "U" shaped pattern. I put an elevation sketch so you can see how the center baffle/partition works. The skimmer in theory could drain back over the center partition and back into the filter sock chamber. I use to run a sump just like this when I had my other tank set up. Works very well and can handle a lot of flow if required.

Why not skip the baffles all together and just use a filter sock defuss the bubbles from the return and the skimmer

J

Thats what I would do :)

ya, with 10 feet of travel, baffles might not be required. Maybe some eggcrate chambers for media or other misc. Certainly something to consider. Thanks

A few more questions for you reef_raf before I give my 2 cents worth.

1) How big is your display tank
2) What GPH are you pumping back to the main
3) Are you considering making this incorporate a refugium
4) Do you have an UV sterilizer
5) How many gallons can you evaporate before it considerably effects your salinity
6)Do you have automatic water changing capabilities and how many g's do you water change at a time.

My first thoughts are 24 high and 18 wide try not to split the tank in half unless you want a refugium and utilize as much as possible the 24" high.

Kevin

1. Display is 90g
2. Ideally 1000-1200 GPH return
3. No
4. No
5. Evaporation will be handled via float and a bank of 5g water jugs (already have this stuff)
6. No, water changes will be done manually. The sump is housed in an enclosed area under the stairs with no drain.

I may want a frag tray at some point. I'll need to consider this.

reef_raf I am just going over the drawings I made for the sumps I have done. That is a nice size tank you have a ton on possibilities.
Kevin