I've been upgrading piece by piece working on getting a 75 gallon reef tank going. I just invested in a sump refugium it's a lil over kill for my 45 gallon and for my soon to be 75 gallon. it has 2 intakes for water coming from tank. I'm only going to need 1. My question is can I use the other tube for the return for my skimmer to help with bubbles?or if anybody has another good idea on what to do with the empty intake?
Skimmer question?
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Sniperhank
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Another tank!
Sniperhank
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Yeah, what would be wrong with that? 2 salt water tanks, not like the parameters will be different.
Sniperhank
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OR kill her first and use the insurance money for a second tank! You can make it a predator tank with something deadly in it for irony's sake.
Rutrag
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Can you post a picture of your sump?
Rutrag
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If I understood your original plan, it was to run the output of the skimmer to one of the elbows meant to be a skimmer intake. Unless you raised the skimmer immensely, even if the pump was strong enough you'd be spewing water out of the top of the skimmer.
That looks to be a Coralife skimmer. I have the 65 model in use as a HOB. I can't quite make it out, but I imagine that your return pump is in the same compartment as the skimmer. I would get a foam prefilter block to put on the skimmer output which will cut down on the bubbles, and another (if you can) for the return pump intake. I think this will be the simplest solution to your problem. Mine does make some microbubbles as a HOB, particularly after a good cleaning, but nothing that's intolerable. However, my output runs through a little box with foam blocks in it to diffuse the microbubbles.
I can't tell if your skimmer output is below the waterline of your sump or above. I think if it is just above with the foam filter it might work best. In any case, the foam block on the output is where'd I start to see what happened and you can alter the depth of the output to tweak it.
That looks to be a Coralife skimmer. I have the 65 model in use as a HOB. I can't quite make it out, but I imagine that your return pump is in the same compartment as the skimmer. I would get a foam prefilter block to put on the skimmer output which will cut down on the bubbles, and another (if you can) for the return pump intake. I think this will be the simplest solution to your problem. Mine does make some microbubbles as a HOB, particularly after a good cleaning, but nothing that's intolerable. However, my output runs through a little box with foam blocks in it to diffuse the microbubbles.
I can't tell if your skimmer output is below the waterline of your sump or above. I think if it is just above with the foam filter it might work best. In any case, the foam block on the output is where'd I start to see what happened and you can alter the depth of the output to tweak it.
Now that I see the picture, I know exactly what you're talking about now.
I was one click away from buying that really versatile sump! I've heard very good things about that aqueon sump, but Ive also heard people complain about the microbubble problem with the skimmer behind at the end of the line. That's the main reason I went with the Eshopps fuge. Then again, that has it's problems too!
I also used to have one of those coralife skimmers and mine threw out a lot of bubbles as well. I've heard of people using a sock instead of the bubble box diffuser that comes with the unit. Have you tried a sock with some floss in it?
I was one click away from buying that really versatile sump! I've heard very good things about that aqueon sump, but Ive also heard people complain about the microbubble problem with the skimmer behind at the end of the line. That's the main reason I went with the Eshopps fuge. Then again, that has it's problems too!
I also used to have one of those coralife skimmers and mine threw out a lot of bubbles as well. I've heard of people using a sock instead of the bubble box diffuser that comes with the unit. Have you tried a sock with some floss in it?
Rutrag
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Are the microbubbles coming from the bottom of the box or coming over the top? I can't tell from the pic if the bottom of the box is in the water, and I'm unsure if I'm looking at foam in the box or filter material. I use a couple of foam blocks intended for an Aquaclear filter in mine, and the top of my box is just slightly above the water level of the tank.
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