Sump/Fuge Suggestions

[roscozman]

the drains from that top tank will wash out the sand in the fuge the way you have it and if you have them drain into the return section they will cause micro bubbles in the tank. i would turn the top tank around 180degrees so the supply pump for it is in the return section and the drains empty back into the first section before the tripple baffle.

One thing I forgot to add was on the bottom of those three pvc pipes will be elbows to help with this problem. Also, the pipes will not be quite that long. If anyone who has worked with sketch-up, it takes a long time to make little adjustments.

or, you could "t" off of one of your drain pipes to supply water to the frag tank and eliminate that pump all together.

also, just to make sure, you are using an auto topoff of some kind right? if not, that little return section (where all evaporation will show up) will fluctuate quite a bit and you will have to add water constantly.

Someone on RC suggested the same thing and didn't know if this would create too much water for the top tank to handle. I guess I could add a ball valve to control the amount of flow. And yes, we have already bought a ATO for the sump.

That's a lot of sump/fuge space! I wish I had room for something like that.

Thanks... That is why I like our stand at 46" tall.

LOL I was going to ask why so many baffles in the top! What does the brown block represent?

EDIT: Oh sand, I assume from Ace's post?

The baffles are already on the tank. Someone of RC suggested I remove the 1st and 3rd baffle. I still have to figure out how to do that.

And yes, that is a 6" sand bed.