New Tank Plumbing Schematic

[jgoldsney]

There are baffles in the prop tank to keep the water at a certain level (1" from the top even if the power fails.
(Sorry this is not more clear on the drawing)

The skimmer will be in the Sump.....

The more that I think about it the more that I am considering adding a second sump, I have a 20 gal tank from my fresh water days and I am thinking about getting it drilled and placing it beside the other sump to increase the water capacity of my sump.

It could be used to hold misc rubble and rock that is not needed in the tank.

[Pisces]

May be a silly question.....what's a prop tank

I have a sump, with a fuge built in.....I've had the power go out and everything works great! My tank is not drilled, I have an overflow converter hanging off the back. My skimmer is also in the sump. It's a 130gal tank with a 25gal sump, and it all runs off one pump. The converter is hooked up up a powerhead so it automatically primes itself when the power comes back on.

I'm still fairly new at systems with sumps....but your setup looks a little complicated to me. Luckily I had a lot of help with mine.

[Chin_Lee]

I would recommend the following:
1) one of the overflow gravity feed into sump from main tank.
2) second overflow gravity feed into prop tank from main tank
3) gravity feed prop tank to sump
4) one pump from sump into main tank
5) take closed loop pump out of sump so it doesn't contribute anymore heat to water than necessary
6) lower prop tank maybe another .5 to a foot
7) if you lower your fuge so that the return (green line) is more or less the same height as the main tank return (red line) you can triple split your return pump in your sump - two for tank and one for fuge (assuming your return pump has to capacity and ability) if I did it this way, I would also gravity feed (blue line) into my sump or prop tank

This way your sump will be your lowest point and you don't have to worry too much if one equipment fails and causing a flood.

Prop tank I think is your propagation tank correct?

[jgoldsney]

Hmmm I thought that I replied to this ..... Oh Well

RE 1) & 2)
I have thought about having one of the overflows go directly to the sump, the thing is that I want as much water flow as possible through the prop tank. what would you think about putting a T on the return lines and a valve so that I can direct some flow to the sump and some to the prop tank, this way I could ballance the flow exactly where I want it.

Re 3)

The prop tank already gravity feeds to the sump

Re 4) & 5)

I may move the closed loop pump out of the sump but I would prefer if possible to leave it there as I would like to keep as much plumbing in the sump (in case of leaks)

Re 6)

What would be the benifit of this?

Re 7)

I already plan on feeding the fuge from the main pump and gravety feeding it back to the main tank


Thanks for your input

Joel