Refug help

[Adamp_holydiver]

I want to add a refug to my set up don't know how to do it or anything about it

Please help

 

[Ant8689]

How big is your tank now

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

It's 75 display and 75 slump

 

[fishman1069]

It's 75 display and 75 slump

Is your sump sectioned off. If it us, use the middle chamber for your fuge. Add some rock rubble, macro algae and a light and you're good to go

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

It's not i was thinking about using plexi glass to do that bit I'm not sure if I sould

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

I have a skimmer that's will be going in too in there a sock filter and everything and I want to do sections but is it worth it are there any benefits

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

Oh and should the skimmer go before or after the refug

 

[beerfish]

Wrote this a while back. It may help you along:

http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/77857-refugium-primer.html

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

It helps a lot

 

[jaBX1]

having a sump w sections is definitely the way to go.

I only have a 10gal sump so im limited but with a 75g sump you should have plenty of room.

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

How do you think I should section it cuz this whole sump thing is completely new to me

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

Ok maybe be not new but my last one I just threw sh*t in there and hoped for the best

I want to do like OCD sump/refug

 

[Spsnut]

Remote fuges are easier to deal with for several reasons. First, having a good bit of volume on top of your pump is a nice fail safe for running dry. Second, a remote fuge is easier to take off line. There are more like size issues regardless, if I were to go in sump with a fuge, I would put it opposite the skimmer section with the pump section in the middle. With the fuge plumbed seperately taking it off line is done by a turn off a valve.

 

[TommyP]

following - i just have stuff thrown in my 10g sump for my 55g dt and would like to learn how to make baffles or if it's really needed. The water passes from one side to the other anyway so I don't have any bubbles or anything so I don't really feel baffles are necessary. I have chaeto and culerpa in a net breeder box that I stir up once in a while but no lr or sand.

 

[Spsnut]

My skimmer section I raise off the bottom and set my weir at the ideal height for my skimmer. Top clearance is the limiting factor for how high off to put the skimmer section floor; this gives me added volume in case my top off fails. I use a single pane, but an under over wier should be more than enough. Bubbles shouldn't be a problem on the fuge side; I would use a single pane wier set about an inch below the top of the tank and let it spill over, or set it all the way to the rim and drill for a bulkhead and 90 els.

 

[Spsnut]

A ran a small single chamber fuge/pump/skimmer all in one for a few years in my old forty; I returned the water through two tlf rx's hanging on the side of the dt just to save on pumps and space. It sure is easier now having a dedicated 40b mechanical sump. My rx's hang in the tank so any small leaks are contained. The difficulty is keeping myself from tossing in extra lr or wanting to turn it into a frag tank, so vacumming it remains quick and easy.

 

[Adamp_holydiver]

Sooooo since I sould get a ten gallon just to put on the side next to the sump and use it as a refug ?? Maybe


However the baffle thing I want more info on

 

[jaBX1]

This is my 10 gal sump. I used DVD cases to evenly space the baffles. The middle one is about 1" off the bottom.


I only had room for 2 sections but the right baffle determines the height (7-10" for my skimmer)

Silicone must be 100% silicone. No anti fungal crap

 

[SanmanReefer]

This is how I have mine set up. You are more than welcome to swing by and check it out if you like to get some ideas. Hope this helps.