vonjankmon
Reefing newb
Upgrading to a 90G with a corner overflow and I've planned out a DIY sump/fuge/algae scrubber setup I'd like some feed back on. Plans are below.
Suggestions/comments/whatever are welcome and wished for. This is the first time I'm setting up a sump so I want to be sure I didn't miss anything. One reason for the bit of overkill on space in the top tank is that I want to use it as an isolation tank if my goofy seahorses ever manage to pass the eggs successfully and I have babies to care for I can place them in the fuge area in the top tank, or if I just ever need a place to keep an injured animal. Using that space in the tank with all of its existing bacteria/filtering is easier than setting up my quarantine tank and having to make sure the water quality stays good as long as whatever is wrong with the animal is not contagious or requires copper treatment.
Also I'm planning on doing a sea grass bed in the display tank so there will only be limited live rock there, having plenty of space more rock in the fuge area is a bonus. I'm going to use flexible tubing for all of the plumbing, I'll use PVC for the scrubber construction.
I'm fairly sure I read someone that a single corner flow overflow only handles about 600GPH for drainage, if that is wrong fill me in please.
Suggestions on pumps to use for the water flow are welcome too, I don't know if there are any that run colder than others but if there are I would be interested in knowing. Less heat means I might be able to sneak by without a chiller to keep my tank at 74 degrees for my horses.
Thanks,
Suggestions/comments/whatever are welcome and wished for. This is the first time I'm setting up a sump so I want to be sure I didn't miss anything. One reason for the bit of overkill on space in the top tank is that I want to use it as an isolation tank if my goofy seahorses ever manage to pass the eggs successfully and I have babies to care for I can place them in the fuge area in the top tank, or if I just ever need a place to keep an injured animal. Using that space in the tank with all of its existing bacteria/filtering is easier than setting up my quarantine tank and having to make sure the water quality stays good as long as whatever is wrong with the animal is not contagious or requires copper treatment.
Also I'm planning on doing a sea grass bed in the display tank so there will only be limited live rock there, having plenty of space more rock in the fuge area is a bonus. I'm going to use flexible tubing for all of the plumbing, I'll use PVC for the scrubber construction.
I'm fairly sure I read someone that a single corner flow overflow only handles about 600GPH for drainage, if that is wrong fill me in please.
Suggestions on pumps to use for the water flow are welcome too, I don't know if there are any that run colder than others but if there are I would be interested in knowing. Less heat means I might be able to sneak by without a chiller to keep my tank at 74 degrees for my horses.
Thanks,