Hello All!

[Gibsonn]

New member here. Quick intro. I’ve kept freshwater tanks for years off and on. I’ve always wanted a large reef tank and now in the position to put the time into one.

I am in the beginning stages of planning. I am wanting something in the 120-150 range. Tank will be going in my “man cave” but I am wanting to do something a bit different due to the room having multiple uses and limited in size (11’x11’).

Tank I am currently considering is a SCA 150. 60x24x24 peninsula.

I’ll try to explain the best I can. On one wall I would like place the tank about 6” above floor level. With overflow on the right hand side. 6” due to a 75” TV currently wall mounted above where the tank would be, and I’m also trying to account for lights that would be above tank and below TV and still give the appropriate distance above water. (A360x 8-10”)

Looking at that wall I would like to place the sump and all other support systems on the right hand wall. Think of an L shape. The sump would be mounted closer to floor level.

My question is, the top of the sump would sit below the water line of the display tank and overflow. But only by 10” or so. Will this be sufficient to produce a full siphon to drain or am I going to run into problems.

Cabinet would be built around both tank and sump.

Thank you for your help, looking forward to learning.

 

[KrisReef]

WIth larger drains you might not get a siphon but you can move a lot of water through 2"+ pipe(s).

I would worry about salt creep & splash damage to the TV. I ruined a computer monitor with a tiny splash of spilt coffee.

 

[KrisReef]

Oh, and welcome to Reeef2Reef!

 

[Gibsonn]

WIth larger drains you might not get a siphon but you can move a lot of water through 2"+ pipe(s).

I would worry about salt creep & splash damage to the TV. I ruined a computer monitor with a tiny splash of spilt coffee.

Tank I am looking at so far is drilled for a 16" Shadow overflow so 1.5" drains.

I've searched the site and found a few threads that have touched on the subject of sump placement but never really answered this specific scenario.

Salt creep (and humidity) was defiantly a concern. Due to my other hobby, the room has quite a few computers, including a few servers. Plan is to incase both the display tank and sump. Sorta like the below picture. Picture the sump in the cabinet on the left, but much larger and turned 90 degrees to form an L shape.