TheyCallMeButch
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With have a little bit of time under my belt with my Salt Water tanks now I'm looking at finally ordering a custom tank, the only thing is that all the tanks I have are 'All In One' tanks where the sump and return are all in the back.
I've done a large amount of research regarding the sump, plumbing, and other logistics but I had a few other questions that I haven't seen much info about.
Since I will have a sump underneath the tank with a lot of other electrical equipment, what should be my worries/fixes for any moisture from this area?
Is there a good algorithm for figuring out my sump to tank ratio in the event of a power outage and my sump being able to contain all of the extra water?
Where is the best place to put a heater and maybe an auxiliary heater? The sump?
As for the top off, I guess I don't quite understand where the appropriate place to put the sensors for an auto top off goes. Would that be the sump as well? Would it be the chamber that the return pump is in?
I also plan on dosing the tank which I haven't done with any of my previous tanks, what would be the appropriate ways to do this? (Still doing my research on this but all help is greatly appreciated)
I'm more than sure I'll have other questions here and there but this is my list so far.
Thanks again for all of the help!
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I've done a large amount of research regarding the sump, plumbing, and other logistics but I had a few other questions that I haven't seen much info about.
Since I will have a sump underneath the tank with a lot of other electrical equipment, what should be my worries/fixes for any moisture from this area?
Is there a good algorithm for figuring out my sump to tank ratio in the event of a power outage and my sump being able to contain all of the extra water?
Where is the best place to put a heater and maybe an auxiliary heater? The sump?
As for the top off, I guess I don't quite understand where the appropriate place to put the sensors for an auto top off goes. Would that be the sump as well? Would it be the chamber that the return pump is in?
I also plan on dosing the tank which I haven't done with any of my previous tanks, what would be the appropriate ways to do this? (Still doing my research on this but all help is greatly appreciated)
I'm more than sure I'll have other questions here and there but this is my list so far.
Thanks again for all of the help!
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