Setting Up Refugium & Sump ** NEED ADVICE**

He has over flow boxes in each corner where the lip on the 2 sides is about 1/4 inch lower than the maximum height of the water by the looks of things. He then has pipe stands one is the emergency over flow which is at the same height as the lip for the over flow boxes the over pipe stand shorter one is the main drain pipe. In case of a power outage only the first 1/4 inch of water from the DT can flow down to the sump. You have to make sure that the sump is large enough to hold the extra water without over flowing. When the power comes back on the water will then return to the DT and flow over in to the over flow boxes and in to the sump. You use stand pipes to make the over flow quieter almost to the point you don't hear it. There is different was of building overflows you can have an external one that you drill the top rear of the tank. Or as I will be doing a back wall over flow but being it can eat up real estate I am making mine only the top 6 to 8 inches of the tank which will create a lip over the bake of the tank on the inside this will inhibit algae growing on the back wall a bit. I can put mushrooms along the back wall they will grow ok there. It all depends on what you want your tank to look like and how much effort you want to put into it. What I am going to do will be harder but more efficient in the long run.

I seen a web site that gives good advise on sumps and how to make one step by step.
I will try and finf it and post link her for you.

I found a couple of web sites.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/sum...mpoverflow.htm
http://avdil.gtri.gatech.edu/RCM/RCM...umpDesign.html
http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/diy...Sump_Plans.htm
Bill

[ZachAttack]

OK, so I think I understand this a bit better. So, with the lip type that you are planning on, does the back wall of your tank need to be shorter than the other walls so that it will flow over that into the overflow?? I`m confused how you get that to drain into the overflow without drilling. Also, I took a closer look at the refugium that he has, and am confused as to how that part fills, because the wall is higher than the sump section.

[hillegom]

Have a look at this
http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html
There is also a lot of other info there if you look around

Originally Posted by hillegom

Have a look at this
http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html
There is also a lot of other info there if you look around

That is the site I was looking for but was rushed as we were dropping our daughters off at my mom's for the night a treat for them. anyways good show you posted it here.

Marry christmas to everyone.

Bill