bioteacher
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I will be building my own new sump for my 125g reef very soon and I wanted to document for anyone interested in following. It should be done and running relatively quickly as I have already done quite a bit of the up front research and gathering of supply.
I will be replacing a wet/dry sump with a 3 chamber sump with fuge. I am using a 40g breeder. My drain section with two 4" socks and skimmer will be in the chamber on the left. That section is 10" wide with an under-over set of baffles. I could have squeezed it to 9" and would have been alright on the skimmer but 10" is needed for the two sock hangers. I decided to go this way to leave me some flexibility on where I put the filter socks. At 9" I would have had to put one in the fuge for sure. I might end up putting one in the fuge anyway, but this way I have the flexibility to try both configurations.
The fuge will be the center section and it will be 13" wide ending with an over-under-over set of baffles to act as a bubble trap. The first of these three is at 11.5" height which is 0.5" shorter than the baffle at the left of the fuge. The last of the bubble trap baffles is at 11". Finally, the width of the return chamber is 9.5".
Comments? Improvements? I need them by Saturday morning cause that is when the glass goes in.
I will be replacing a wet/dry sump with a 3 chamber sump with fuge. I am using a 40g breeder. My drain section with two 4" socks and skimmer will be in the chamber on the left. That section is 10" wide with an under-over set of baffles. I could have squeezed it to 9" and would have been alright on the skimmer but 10" is needed for the two sock hangers. I decided to go this way to leave me some flexibility on where I put the filter socks. At 9" I would have had to put one in the fuge for sure. I might end up putting one in the fuge anyway, but this way I have the flexibility to try both configurations.
The fuge will be the center section and it will be 13" wide ending with an over-under-over set of baffles to act as a bubble trap. The first of these three is at 11.5" height which is 0.5" shorter than the baffle at the left of the fuge. The last of the bubble trap baffles is at 11". Finally, the width of the return chamber is 9.5".
Comments? Improvements? I need them by Saturday morning cause that is when the glass goes in.