fuge plan

[edawgm]

This is what I am looking at doing. This is a plan I did up on the computer for a 20g tall aquarium. I do not want to do a lot of plumbing unless I have to. any suggestions would help or will my plan work. sorry no measurements on the drawing but it is very basic

[matt]

That's a nice drawing, but I'm not sure if I have the water flow correct in my head. The drain from the tank goes into the narrow compartment in the back, and some drains into the fuge, while some drains directly into the return area on the left. I guess that's the reason for the two "notches" in the wall that separates the drain area from the fuge and the return area. Then the water from the fuge goes through the bubble trap into the return area, while the water that bypasses the fuge has no bubble traps?

If I'm right on that description, I'd suggest modifying the flow a little so that all the water goes over a bubble trap. You can also split the drain so that some drains into the drain area, and some directly into the fuge. This is easy with a tee off the drain line and a ball valve on the fuge side.

Another suggestion would be to round off the interior walls that water will flow over; this seems to help with bubble dispersion.

Looks good!

[edawgm]

Good catch on the bubble trap I was not thinking about that. Do you think it would work by just letting the flow of the water go directly through the fuge? Instead of having the notch going directly to the return section.


LOL the drawing took me 15 minutes and i guess another 5 putting the dirt, plants and rock in it. But I figured putting something in it would give a better visualization of it.

[hobogato]

i would just run all the flow through the fuge, then the bubble trap and back. just remember that all of your tank's evaporation
will show up in the return pump area, so if you dont run some kind of auto topoff, then you will have a hard time keeping up with it.

[Bill S]

What Ace said. As long as you aren't running too much flow thru. I'm assuming you have an overflow in the tank?

[edawgm]

yes I have a overflow that will be on the back of the tank. and as far as the auto-topoff that is the next little project after I get the fuge built.


BTW thanks for the info so far, it has helped and keep it coming the more the better[/quote]