New to Saltwater Aquariums and had some questions about a sump. A little about my set up first I have a 90 gallon corner tank with around 100 pounds of Live Rock and I wanna say 50 pounds of live sand in it. Its been up for a month now and seems to be doing great besides the brown algae war BTW dosing vodka seems to be working for that.
My question about the sump I have a 20 gallon emerald trigger system sump directly under the tank. I just drilled a hole in the back of the tank toward the top of my water level for the water to run to the sump. A 1 inch bit was the largest I could find so it is 3/4 PVC to and from the sump . My problem is that the water is not draining into the sump anywhere near fast enough even with the water level about a cm above the hole I drilled ,its just barely more than a trickle. Can I get some suggestions on how I might be able to speed this flow up? I was also considering adding mud and mangroves to the refugium portion of the sump any advice on that would be appricated as well
My question about the sump I have a 20 gallon emerald trigger system sump directly under the tank. I just drilled a hole in the back of the tank toward the top of my water level for the water to run to the sump. A 1 inch bit was the largest I could find so it is 3/4 PVC to and from the sump . My problem is that the water is not draining into the sump anywhere near fast enough even with the water level about a cm above the hole I drilled ,its just barely more than a trickle. Can I get some suggestions on how I might be able to speed this flow up? I was also considering adding mud and mangroves to the refugium portion of the sump any advice on that would be appricated as well