Sump

[vagabond]

Hi,

I was searching for the old thread where many reefers were sharing their views and designs on sump/wet&dry/refrigum. Wander if anyone can help or start the ball rolling again.

Cheers.

[vagabond]

Btw, how to make this thread an OPEN TOPIC?

[ah^siao]

open topic? wad's that??

therea re alot of ways for a slump.. i design my own slump.. so far so good..

[nicky30092002]

open topic? wad's that??

therea re alot of ways for a slump.. i design my own slump.. so far so good..

how abt a pic to show .. been thinking how to design a good & special sump wif big refugium ..

[reefer guy]

repost.... hope this helps and furthermore, any comments and suggestions to help improve is highly appreciated....

[Terryz_]

nice...

[nicky30092002]

repost.... hope this helps and furthermore, any comments and suggestions to help improve is highly appreciated....

what did u use to draw ... i got one too ... but need comments ... so far only joe_p saw .. not discuss yet ..

show some dimension even better ..

[reefer guy]

...... autocad to photoshop... im very technical.. ....was even thinking of doing in 3dsmax n animate but wait til im really bored to death n got nothing more senseful to do... hehehee

[nicky30092002]

...... autocad to photoshop... im very technical.. ....was even thinking of doing in 3dsmax n animate but wait til im really bored to death n got nothing more senseful to do... hehehee

borrow leh ... i use excel draw until going crazy liao ... though o/p not bad ..

ANYONE has a return pump place outside design? show leh!!!

[dradttg]

Nice diagram.

Can you tell me what is p/s?

Btw, what is used to get the water down from the main tank?

If the return pump to the main tank failed, will water overflow the sump?

Sorry....newbie asking stupid questions.

[nicky30092002]

Nice diagram.

Can you tell me what is p/s?

Btw, what is used to get the water down from the main tank?

If the return pump to the main tank failed, will water overflow the sump?

Sorry....newbie asking stupid questions.

p/s ... protien skimmer ..

[reefer guy]

borrow leh ... i use excel draw until going crazy liao ... though o/p not bad ..

ANYONE has a return pump place outside design? show leh!!!

err.... which one u want to borrow?

[reefer guy]

Nice diagram.

Can you tell me what is p/s?

Btw, what is used to get the water down from the main tank?

If the return pump to the main tank failed, will water overflow the sump?

Sorry....newbie asking stupid questions.

p/s as nicky have said is protein skimmer....

water to go down the tank, overflow system... usually custom made tanks comes with a built in overflow box with a drain at the bottom... in my case, i am using a prefilter overflow box....

it's true, if ur return pump fails water will overflow the sump... solution:

1) maintain the water in such a way that even if REVERSE FLOW happens, the water in the overflow box will dry up first before it can fill up the sump to overflow level....

2) make ur return pipe nearest possible to the water surface so once it grasps air, the REVERSE FLOW will stop... another way is drill a small hole at the return pipe just right above the water surface, it will weaken the return pressure abit but in case of return pump failure, it will cut off the siphon due to air sipping in the whole.

[dradttg]

Thanks reefer_guy.

Do you intend to add lights to your sump and add in other stuffs to make into a refugium?

[reefer guy]

no lights for me, its situated at my backyard under a frosted glass roof so natural light is good enough... right now got sea lettuce, seaweeds and grasses aside from deep sand bed and liverocks...

[ah^siao]

woh.. nice slump....

[roidan]

woh.. nice slump....

bro ah siao:

sump not slump lah...a few bros here mentioned to you liao...

trying to be different and unique ah

SLUMP: to fall or sink suddenly b : to drop or slide down suddenly : COLLAPSE <slumped to the floor>

SUMP: 1 : a pit or reservoir serving as a drain or receptacle for liquids: as a : CESSPOOL b : a pit at the lowest point in a circulating or drainage system (as the oil-circulating system of an internal combustion engine

[chrislwp]

Thought that the coralchip doesn't serve good purpose in long run as it becomes a NO3 factory.

AT, am I right?

[ah^siao]

ahhhh. sorry sorry. okok..

nice sump...

[vagabond]

so anyone else care to share with us your sump / wet & dry / refrigum design?

[andez07]

open topic? wad's that??

therea re alot of ways for a slump.. i design my own slump.. so far so good..

Bro ah^siao

Pls if u can, show us ur own designed sump??

Thanx