[JHOV2324]

Why dont u run the fuge pipe to the return pump compartment......

[WoodRight]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dj Orion I have a question, and I may be totally off on thisd one but are you planning on putting bio balls in the center of that trickle down system next to the fuge? It seems to me that your sump looks more like a wet/dry in the works, than just a normal sump. Do you plan on making this tank a reef? And if the center piece is for bio balls, arent bio balls not so great for a reef (nitrate factory) I am only asking because it looks like you are making a wet dry with the egg crate and the top with the holes punched in it.

Yes it is a wet/dry but I am useing LR rubble insted of bio balls.

[WoodRight]

Quote: Originally Posted by JHOV2324 Why dont u run the fuge pipe to the return pump compartment......

Becouse I don't want the micro bubbles that will come from the falling water in the overflow from the fuge to make there way into the main tank. I hope that by sending it into the bubble trap that wont happen.

[Dj Orion]

Quote: Originally Posted by WoodRight Yes it is a wet/dry but I am useing LR rubble insted of bio balls.

OK, but i thought that any trickle down system that allows particles to get trapped creates an unnecessary abundance of nitrates. I would make that a secondary station to your fuge or make it an RSB. But thats just what I would do, anyways good luck!

[WoodRight]

Well the cabinet is done and now I have to take it all apart and paint it inside and out. Then I can install it for good and set up he tank finely. We will be painting it white on the inside and a green color on the outside.

For now here are some pictures of the cabinet befor paint.

Oh and for those that asked about the Maxim Mags. Like I said befor they were not staying there. I made the base for the fuge also.

[masterswimmer]

Allowing the water to trickle through the LR rubble will act the same way as bio balls. You'll continually have higher than necessary nutrients. You'll almost have a mini cycle going on all the time. The LR needs to remain submerged.

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[WoodRight]

Quote: Originally Posted by masterswimmer Allowing the water to trickle through the LR rubble will act the same way as bio balls. You'll continually have higher than necessary nutrients. You'll almost have a mini cycle going on all the time. The LR needs to remain submerged. swimmer

The rubble will be both submerged and out of the water but will be wet at all times there for no cycle.

[WoodRight]

It seems that I'm getting diffrent oppions from everyone about the wet/dry filter idea. So what I think is going to happen is that I will try it with the LR rubble and if i get a nitrates problem then I can just take out the rubble and the eggcreat. That would turn it into a sump only.

[bigbris1]

One thing I learned the hard way is that you must do it right the first time. You don't want to have to go back & change your system & risk the health of your animals. This will most certainly discourage you & prove costly.

Tap into the tried-and-true wealth of info available & make your system as spectacular as the woodworking job you did the first time around. :thumbup:

[grundig5]

That stand looks very nice! However, I would heed the advice already given. Its much easier to fix now, been there done that. Use that space for either a bigger skimmer, or place to hold reactors, etc.