Diy Refugium ?'S

[vinhjamin8302]

My first Diy 10gal sump/refugium...did i do this right?, hopefully because its already siliconed, left chamber is where the water will come in, middle is where ill have my refugium and the right chamber is for my return, i tried to make the return part as large as i could since this is where i'm gonna have the evaporation occur...havent leak tested yet but wish me luck

 

[dustin_P74]

looks great, i noticed the bubble trap before the fuge, nice touch. question is though skimmer placement, where will it be?

 

[vinhjamin8302]

I was gonna go for a HOB skimmer in the first chamber...

 

[cthegame]

Looks great.

 

[cgoodman381]

Looks good overall! Question though. From left to right, what's goin where?

 

[dustin_P74]

left chamber is where the water will come in, middle is where ill have my refugium and the right chamber is for my return

he already answered that goodman, also vin good choice to skim the raw water

 

[vinhjamin8302]

thanks guys, on last question on what return pump to use, if im correct i need to go atleast 10x for flow? So i have a 35g with a 10g fuge, that means i should get atleast a 400gph pump???

 

[ccCapt]

It depends on the size/capacity of your overflow. What kind do you have and how many gph can it handle?
You don't want to use a 400 gph pump if your overflow only handles 300 gph. You can end up with an empty sump and overflowing tank.

 

[vinhjamin8302]

Oh i see, i dont have an overflow yet but was thinkin of Diy'n it myself...any suggestions?

 

[jkeating2005]

just a quick bit of advice, (i built the exact same sump/fuge), On the last baffle to the return give it some teeth at the top. it will help the water flow over better!

thats what it redid on mine and it works great!:D

 

[vinhjamin8302]

thanks i did notice that when i was testing it, will put some teeth in the last baffle!!:)

 

[cgoodman381]

Thanks Dustin, I didn't see that. How large is the return chamber? It looks pretty small. The reason I ask is because you dont want to be topping off the whole time. Yah know?

 

[Piggy]

Looks great. I'll have to agree put teeth on the last one. I didn't so I had to use another piece of plexi glass at a slope to stop bubbles from entering the tank.

 

[ccCapt]

Oh i see, i dont have an overflow yet but was thinkin of Diy'n it myself...any suggestions?

Unless you plan on drilling the tank, you will need to buy an overflow. There are some DIY hang on tank overflows, but most are not very reliable or are ridiculously complicated.

 

[cgoodman381]

You can get a nice kit from http://www.glass-holes.com/main.sc.

 

[vinhjamin8302]

My return chamber is on the right, i tried to make it as large as possible without sacrificing fuge space, its 8in tall and 6in wide

 

[pinstripes]

Nice job. I've wanted to do my own fuge but Im so lazy. That looks like a good design.