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06-10-2008, 04:37 AM
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Sump Design
Well building my tank is a long way off but i cant help but make some designs for it. This is the sump i am going to use. Can anyone see anything wrong with the design? or any ways to improve it. It will be about 32Long 16Wide 16Deep.
 Thanks, Ken 
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06-10-2008, 03:30 PM
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Two things.
1. The narrowness of the baffles might cause higher waterflow rates which might pull bubbles right past. Hard to say for sure though, it might be just fine too. 2. I'd go with one pump, a slightly larger one for the return and tee off it with a ball valve to feed the refugium. You can adjust the flow to the refugium to tune the amount of return flow to the tank that way.
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I retired and got a fixed income but it's broke. Ed _______________________________________ 50 gallon FOWLR, 10 gallon sump. 130 gallon reef, 20 gallon sump, 10 gallon refugium. 10 gallon quarantine. 60 gallon winter tank for pond fish. 300 gallon pond with waterfall.
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06-10-2008, 07:12 PM
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06-10-2008, 07:22 PM
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I would also go with one pump and try to make the baffles wider if possible.
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06-10-2008, 08:01 PM
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The water should go over the last baffle and into the return chamber to keep any remaining air bubbles near the surface. I also encourage people to make the return chamber as large as possible as this is the chamber where you'll see the effects of daily evaporation...
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