Comment on new sump design

[ervine]

Hi guys,

Couldn't sleep so I started to draw up plans for my new sump. Please have a look at it and tell me if there are any problems.

The tank is viewed from 2 sides, bottom and right (as seen from the top view), at the side is a proposed cabinet which will house all the misc stuff...

The sump is sized according to my current stand as seen, the excess height is meant to buffer the surge when the power gets cut... The overflow chamber is placed at the opposite corner because I wanted the skimmer pump to be closer to the skimmer (external)...

however, I need to know how big the return bulkhead hole should be and how to go about sealing it up or whatever...

I'm also unsure as to the distance between the baffles (currently 1" spacing centre to centre), i'm doing a over, under, over method as the other side is fuge so might not be able to do under over under...

How? Does it look ok?

[zorden]

what the total dimension??

[zorden]

why don u increase the length of the sump tank and place your return pump inside the sump...beside the chiller....

unless yours those outsump pump like md or dart

get a OCR6500/- or 3500 from DT8866 ..he selling his at pasar malam...

[Kelmen]

IMO:

1. How about using 1 return pump which also serve as chiller pump? No need waste 1 pump, and 2 pumps may cause your return water very low being suck by 2 pumps.

2. Wouldn't it will cause you inconvenient to work the refugium by placing it in the center? Like catching fish, maint etc. Also cannot observe it directly, a big crab can hide in there for years and you wont know.

[ervine]

total size is 18"(W) by 21"(L) by 16"(H)... Hm.... i wanted to have the pump outside so that it would cut down on heat issues.. but u got a point there... Hm.. can consider, just need to add an inch...

Also got a point of using 1 pump instead of 2 but the thing is that I don't want to buy another pump (budget concerns)...

My cabinet can be accessed from the right as well.. so no problem with having the fuge in the centre...

Hm... I think I MIGHT be able to squeeze in my skimmer inside as well, saves me space in the extended cabinet...

[ervine]

how about this? Only problem is that the skimmer I intend to get can barely squeeze into the sump area (due to height).. Need to get my hands on it before deciding if it will fit or not...