ok, i dont have enough room in my sump to add a protein-skimmer, so i need to add another sump/bulkheads. I have an idea bout this but im not sure. Im thinkig two 1" lines, below the water line, like 5" up from bottom of sump. also to put the main pump in the sump with the protein-skmmer. any suggestions are wanted and helpful to put me on the right track. ty
addin a sump to sump?
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I have done this a lot. I would oversize the bulkheads connecting the sumps as large as possible. Like 2 inch or 1.5 inch. If one gets blocked, you want the other to be able to handle the flow. I would also put elbows on the inside of the first sump so you can put a stand pipe to control the water level - not necessary, but it can be convenient.
Yup, I've done this before, mostly because I was cheap and didn't want to spring for a bigger sump, so I simply made a tiered sump system where one had the skimmer, the other hand the rest of the sump junk. In reality this is no different than an external refugium.
thats kinda what i have, a refugium/ sump. so i was thinking of puttin the tank pump in with the skimmer. that way it *im thinkin* pulls a little slower through the refugium. how far apart should the two sumps be? 2", 10" what would be good distance? ty
I don't think it matters how far they're apart (either horizontally or vertically) just be careful about your pipe sizing, if your overflow is 1" and coming out the bottom of the tank (i.e. the hole is vertically aligned) and your 2nd sump has a hole drilled in the side it will not pull water at same rate at all and you might get a flood.
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thank you, the new sump is 20 x 20x 12. so, i dropped one return line in the new sump and i have the other return going threw the refugium. which turned out great, it slowed the flow down by half ( of course) which helps me with the refugium. soooo we will see. ty
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