Putter's first tank

[yote]

I'm thinking along the same line as Reef.

[putter]

Time goes so slow when your waiting for goodies ! Oh well, figured I Would babble a bit in hear, the power heads showed up, the passive flow fuge/sump will be here next week, it is not as big as I wanted but is all that will fit under in the stand (22x14x16 high) it will house the ASM G1x skimmer and a return pump,(GenX 6000). The test kits, salt, RO/DI should all be here next week as well. At least when that all shows up I will be able to start some of the plumbing. OK babble off.

[Bifferwine]

You ordered some good equipment there. Looks like you did a lot of research! How about some pictures??

[putter]

Will certainly post pics when I actualy get some of this setup, all I have right now are the power heads, and I had thought about taking a pic of those and posting, LOL. When I get the refuge/sump and some of the other goodies I will take some shots while setting up, with luck by the end of next week I will be asking how to post pics here LOL.

[putter]

Ok I hope this works lol, I have created a crude drawing of the refuge/sump I will be using, now the question, would I plumb in a seperate drain as in the picture, or just one into the skimmer area and let that flow over into the refuge?

http://www.livingreefs.com/gallery/image4059

[Bifferwine]

Why the gap under the fuge? Just make the baffles go all the way to the bottom instead of leaving a gap. And I would not put a separate drain like you have in the picture, just let the water flow over the baffle.

[putter]

the gap under is to slow the flow over the refuge, or at least that was the idea. Information givin to me was "passive flow" is my understanding that one does not want alot of flow threw the refuge, is this correct?

[Bifferwine]

That's true, but I've found that the water goes so fast over the fuge section, that most of it just flows over the surface, so inside the fuge it's more quiet and slow. I have my fuge right after my equipment section in the sump, with 1800 gph going through, and the pods and macroalgae have no problem.

[putter]

So I am all worried about this for no good reason ah well I guess it can't hurt to have the gap under anyhow. The fuge/sump is supposed to be here by the end of the week. Will know better next time, hell there won't be a next time, I will attempt a DIY fuge next time! Thanks for the advice on the drain setup, will run only one drain into the skimmer.

[reeffreak]

I know Biff is trying to convince you otherwise but a floating refugium is a better idea allowing you to have some control over the flow.Go with you have,I seen it done.It would be a good idea to have one more baffle before the fuge going to the bottom for a bubble trap.