new sump/fuge setup

[eric]

I was able to finish some real work on Friday. After almost piping everything on Thursday night and running short on PVC supplies too late to hit Home Depot, I held off. Got a good "Maast" deal on a Mag 5 from Carlos at River City - I don't want a lot of flow - this is going to be a seahorse tank.

I've put the 30 gallon hex next to the kitchen cabinets so I could plumb in there. Below are two ten galloin tanks, drilled. The upper one will be the fuge draining into the return which shares the lower tank with a sump for a future skimmer. Now it houses the heater and some dropped PVC pieces. The cabinet is tight, but workable. I was able to bring power down there, but it took two holes in the wall (darn studs). The setup is fairly quiet. In the refugium I'm using all crushed oyster shell as a substrate. After my oystercrete rock cures it will accompany the Tonga branch that is in there now.

"But when do we get the seahorses?" Patience my dear...

[NaCl_H2O]

Nice setup

One possible problem: during a power failure the shared pipe (drain from tank) between your fuge & sump may siphon your fuge into the sump down to the botom of the pipe in the fuge, which I think would overflow your sump :o

Unplug the pump and see what happens?

Post pics of the horsies when you get done

[eric]

I think I see what you mean. And I hate to admit I haven't tested to see what happens when I cut power. Nothing a shorter pipe or even an air hole shouldn't be able to handle. Worst case a check valve.