Sump help please?

andresont · #1 08-05-2007, 07:33 AM

Your return pump might be sucking a little air hence the micro bubbles.

cav~firez22 · #2 08-05-2007, 04:17 PM

Well, if i take them out, then whats to stop the "****" that falls down the overflow, into the sump, from going back into the main tank? The filterfloss does a ****ty job at stopping stuff.

im pretty sure there is air getting sucked into the pump. as i can see the micro bubbles in the sump. im pretty sure its not the pump lines, as i gobbed a ton of weldon 705 all over them yesterday.

Right now, i have the pump BARLEY running. the 2 valves are just opened by about 1/8th of a turn, and some of the micro has disipated, but there is still some in there.

Jason McK · #3 08-05-2007, 04:39 PM

The water level in your sump should be higher. it should be high enough to elliminate the water fall. As as high as that second baffle. This will also help with the micro bubbles. Is there a baffle behind the stand brace?

J

cav~firez22 · #4 08-05-2007, 04:44 PM

NO Baffles. Just Weir's

If the sump has that much water in it when running, it will overflow if the pump shuts off.

Jason McK · #5 08-05-2007, 04:48 PM

Well the sump looks like it is designed for the water to go under the first baffle and over the second. Is the water going over the fist baffle? I would remove the second baffle and cut it shorter or just leave it out.

cav~firez22 · #6 08-05-2007, 04:56 PM

may give that a shot.

Redrover · #7 08-05-2007, 04:57 PM

As Jason said I don't believe there's water going under your first baffle and by the design it should be...Raise water level in sump, should be close to the top of second baffle...this will get rid of the waterfall...get rid of the filter pad

Palster · #8 08-05-2007, 05:00 PM

I live in Kelowna and have a very similar setup to what you have (135 gallon tank with sump). I built my own sump out of a 50 gallon breeder tank based on one of Melevsreef designs(http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html). Feel free to send me a PM if you have any questions or would like me to have a look at it. It would be great to talk to a fellow reefer from Kelowna.

cav~firez22 · #9 08-05-2007, 05:12 PM

Borderjumper · #10 08-05-2007, 06:43 PM

I think your baffles are backwards, or you need to put one more in so that the first one is an over. Mine is Over, under, over and works awesome without any noise or air bubbles at all. . If your first baffle is an over, most of the "chunks" get trapped in the first section, where your skimmer should be located.