Basement sump

[Factory909racer2]

Just got my basement sump up and running, i still have to get the frag tank plumbed and running but its coming along!

Display tank— 120G 48”x24”
Circulation—— 2x Maxpect XF-250 gyre’s
Lighting—— 2x SB Reef 16” LED and
36” 2 bulb T5 (geisman bulbs for now)


Refugium— 40 breeder (Led red grow light)
Frag tank—- 40 breeder (single kessil A160)
Sump—— 36G eshopps
Return pump—- Jebao DCP-20,000
Skimmer—— SKIMZ SM-201
Neptune apex classic
BRS 2 part with BRS dosing pumps
Jebao 55w UV steralizer

 

[marvelousone]

nice set up.

 

[Factory909racer2]

nice set up.

Thank you! Its a work in progress

 

[Richard Hercher]

Looks good! Planning a basement sump in the next year, any idea about flow rate/ head pressure feet on the pump?

 

[Factory909racer2]

Looks good! Planning a basement sump in the next year, any idea about flow rate/ head pressure feet on the pump?

My setup runs 13ft up i added (2) 45* elbows so i added another foot for that so roughly 14ft of head pressure. I had a reeflo barracuda i was going to use but it would have been extremely overkill, so i bought a jebao DCP-20,000 which is good for 31 feet of head with a max flow of 5283gph at 0 feet.
Let me tell you that pump is an absolute monster for the money. It runs at 65% and runs a 55w UV sterilizer, carbon reactor, the whole frag tank, and still pushes sand into mounds in the the display 14ft up! And its still a submersible pump but can be run external.

 

[Factory909racer2]

 

[dwest]

Just got my basement sump up and running, i still have to get the frag tank plumbed and running but its coming along!

Display tank— 120G 48”x24”
Circulation—— 2x Maxpect XF-250 gyre’s
Lighting—— 2x SB Reef 16” LED and
36” 2 bulb T5 (geisman bulbs for now)


Refugium— 40 breeder (Led red grow light)
Frag tank—- 40 breeder (single kessil A160)
Sump—— 36G eshopps
Return pump—- Jebao DCP-20,000
Skimmer—— SKIMZ SM-201
Neptune apex classic
BRS 2 part with BRS dosing pumps
Jebao 55w UV steralizer

Awesome! Does both the refugium and frag tank overflow into the sump?

 

[Factory909racer2]

Awesome! Does both the refugium and frag tank overflow into the sump?

Yes, the system flows down from display 1/2 to the fuge and 1/2 straight to the sump, fuge flows to the sump, then the frag tank is run off the return then back to the sump if that makes any sense.

 

[Factory909racer2]

The entire system only uses 1 pump

 

[theMeat]

Keep an eye on your dc return pump. My experience is your gph will fall off, way off, in 6-9 months or so.
Nice work!

 

[Factory909racer2]

Keep an eye on your dc return pump. My experience is your gph will fall off, way off, in 6-9 months or so.
Nice work!

Yeah i have noticed that with previous pumps. I have a reeflo barracuda as a back-up. I want to integrate a second return pump into the system for redundancy at some point anyways. But i really needed to get this system up and running its been a work in progress for over a year haha

 

[Factory909racer2]

Its gone from a dark corner of my basement to this!

 

[Factory909racer2]