Sorry, didn't know where I should have posted this so here it goes.
Recently I added some Cheato to my sump. No biggie until last night. It seems to have come apart. MANY 1/2" pieces getting pushed around and they got sucked up into my skimmer. Just for a quick guide, my sump is laid out, left to right:
Return pump, baffle, skimmer, baffle, return from tank/cheato/LR.
The outer two sections are the smallest and the center is quite large. That is why the skimmer was there. It was sitting on a 2" Plexiglas box so it would work correctly or, be in the correct depth of water to work correctly. Between the center and return pump sections there is foam so nothing gets sucked up in to the return pump or DT.
My problem lies in that 1. the center section of the sump is now unused. I'm not sure this a real problem, just a serious waste of space. 2. my skimmer must now occupy the same area with the return pump just to keep the cheato out of it. That section is very small and getting the correct water depth, or skimmer height, is a real PITA.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to keep the cheato in one area so I can return my skimmer to its previous location, or should the center section be used for something else? Should the macro algae have broken up like that?
Hope I describe this well enough to be understood. If not, let me know and I'll see if I can improve it any!
Recently I added some Cheato to my sump. No biggie until last night. It seems to have come apart. MANY 1/2" pieces getting pushed around and they got sucked up into my skimmer. Just for a quick guide, my sump is laid out, left to right:
Return pump, baffle, skimmer, baffle, return from tank/cheato/LR.
The outer two sections are the smallest and the center is quite large. That is why the skimmer was there. It was sitting on a 2" Plexiglas box so it would work correctly or, be in the correct depth of water to work correctly. Between the center and return pump sections there is foam so nothing gets sucked up in to the return pump or DT.
My problem lies in that 1. the center section of the sump is now unused. I'm not sure this a real problem, just a serious waste of space. 2. my skimmer must now occupy the same area with the return pump just to keep the cheato out of it. That section is very small and getting the correct water depth, or skimmer height, is a real PITA.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to keep the cheato in one area so I can return my skimmer to its previous location, or should the center section be used for something else? Should the macro algae have broken up like that?
Hope I describe this well enough to be understood. If not, let me know and I'll see if I can improve it any!