Palys and vermatids have won. I'm doing a temporary teardown, and restart after 8 years.
40 gallon frag tank (24" x 48" x 10", but operating level of 8"). Pump is a Quiet One 5000, rated for 1,450gph. The sump will be a 100gallon RubberMaid water tank, with probably about 80g in it. If my math is correct, I'm looking at ~30-35x DT volume turn-over, and will supplement that with some PHs.
This is being setup to hold all the coral and fish from my 150, while I have to do the tear down and reboot. Tangs in the sump, smaller fish up top. Also, I'll put my SPS nearest the high flow, and my hammers/torch etc. at the far end with the least flow. NO RUSH so I can set up and test my flows well before I even use saltwater and heating it.
My question: I'm going to use a 1" return, and cut either a slot, or a series of holes in an 18" pipe along the left side. This will direct the water in a "bar" from left to right. My thought is to drill 2x 1" bulkheads along the back, and make an internal overflow the length of the back. The way I envision this, the water will move to the back, with the least over-all flow ending up in the front-right, and being the highest in a gradient towards the rear-left, where it will be strongest. I will likely put an MP10 near the rear-right to create cross flow.
Next, I intend to put the corals on raised egg crate, so it can get flow going on all sides. Also, it will give some hiding spots for the clowns, chromis, dwarf angels etc.
Is the entire plan insane? I'm mostly asking for advice on planning the plumbing/flow. I pick up the frag tank Friday.
40 gallon frag tank (24" x 48" x 10", but operating level of 8"). Pump is a Quiet One 5000, rated for 1,450gph. The sump will be a 100gallon RubberMaid water tank, with probably about 80g in it. If my math is correct, I'm looking at ~30-35x DT volume turn-over, and will supplement that with some PHs.
This is being setup to hold all the coral and fish from my 150, while I have to do the tear down and reboot. Tangs in the sump, smaller fish up top. Also, I'll put my SPS nearest the high flow, and my hammers/torch etc. at the far end with the least flow. NO RUSH so I can set up and test my flows well before I even use saltwater and heating it.
My question: I'm going to use a 1" return, and cut either a slot, or a series of holes in an 18" pipe along the left side. This will direct the water in a "bar" from left to right. My thought is to drill 2x 1" bulkheads along the back, and make an internal overflow the length of the back. The way I envision this, the water will move to the back, with the least over-all flow ending up in the front-right, and being the highest in a gradient towards the rear-left, where it will be strongest. I will likely put an MP10 near the rear-right to create cross flow.
Next, I intend to put the corals on raised egg crate, so it can get flow going on all sides. Also, it will give some hiding spots for the clowns, chromis, dwarf angels etc.
Is the entire plan insane? I'm mostly asking for advice on planning the plumbing/flow. I pick up the frag tank Friday.
