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Basement Sump project
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NateHanson
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I just hooked one up. I'll post in my "flow questions" thread in Reef Talk.
Jill & Brian
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Nate, How is the flow in your tank with this setup. do you run it wide open, or are you running it with the ball fvalve slightly closed. I am putting in a basement sump that is about the same setup you have, except the sump is a 40L instead of a 55.
I am actually getting the other Mak 4 pump that Mike Accardi had (the loud one
) and I am trying to decide between feeding the fuge from the pump side or the return side.
My display is a 72G with a megaflow.
Let me know what you like about your setup, and if youwould change anything, what it would be.
Thanks,
Brian
I am actually getting the other Mak 4 pump that Mike Accardi had (the loud one
) and I am trying to decide between feeding the fuge from the pump side or the return side. My display is a 72G with a megaflow.
Let me know what you like about your setup, and if youwould change anything, what it would be.
Thanks,
Brian
NateHanson
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I love the setup. I honestly don't think I've found anything yet that I'd do differently. I run the pump wide open, but I have a penductor on the outlet, so that reduces the volume of water that actually flows back to the sump, while greatly increasing the circulation within the display.
Nate
Nate
Jill & Brian
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Thanks Nate, I think I am going to set it up very similiar to what you have. I will post pics when it is in process and complete
NateHanson
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Last night I came up with something I think I'd do differently.
I think I wish my skimmer compartment on the left would leak slowly into my return compartment in the middle. Either by not applying silicone along the bottom of the center baffle, or by drilling a 1/4" hole in that baffle. The reason being that I could then do a larger water change without shutting off the return pump. Right now I can do about a 7 g water change from my return compartment before the pump intake starts sucking air, and I think if the skimmer section "leaked" into the return section it would allow the skimmer section water level to drop as I siphoned out water for a water change, and that way I could do a full 10g change (which is what I'm trying to do).
I don't think it would affect bubble trapping (especially if you do the no-silicone thing) because most of the water would still be forced through the bubble trap maze. Not sure how big a gap or hole you'd need though to allow the "leak" to keep up with your return pump, so that the water level would stay higher in the return section.
Nate
I think I wish my skimmer compartment on the left would leak slowly into my return compartment in the middle. Either by not applying silicone along the bottom of the center baffle, or by drilling a 1/4" hole in that baffle. The reason being that I could then do a larger water change without shutting off the return pump. Right now I can do about a 7 g water change from my return compartment before the pump intake starts sucking air, and I think if the skimmer section "leaked" into the return section it would allow the skimmer section water level to drop as I siphoned out water for a water change, and that way I could do a full 10g change (which is what I'm trying to do).
I don't think it would affect bubble trapping (especially if you do the no-silicone thing) because most of the water would still be forced through the bubble trap maze. Not sure how big a gap or hole you'd need though to allow the "leak" to keep up with your return pump, so that the water level would stay higher in the return section.
Nate
