HOB refugium on my sump

[BullyBee]

Soooooo I want a refugium in my sump. I don’t have any room for one. So I gotta do a HOB. Problem is I’m not sure how to go about it.

I attached an image of my sump set up so far. I’m really just missing an ATO. But with the refugium how would you run it if you were me?

 

[BullyBee]

Or should I do a diy reactor with cheato?

 

[mann1139]

What is that front left chamber for?

Is the middle chamber big enough that you could split it front and back?

 

[NS Mike D]

My HOB CPR intake, like most HOB fuge has the intake pump on the right and the outflow on the left. You could hang it on. the front of the sump facing the back so the outflow is on the filter sock side and then re-plumb the pump so it sits below the outflow. Maybe even put a baffle on the outflow so the water flows creating a little cycle so that water flows from the bottom of the filters socks into the intake pump.


I needed to move my pump two inches to the left and wanted to lower the pump closer to sand bed in my DT. It was really easy with lawn sprinkler elbow fitting and pipe. I used vinyl tubing to fit the joints.

The original design was for the pump to attach to the pump about 2" below the water line. I turned the pipe 45° counterclockwise (sorry about the blues)

You could do the same, just extend it left more so that the pump was in the same chamber as the ouftlow

 

[NS Mike D]

Or should I do a diy reactor with cheato?

This might make more sense. Ignore the fuge in my tank, that is a 10gal diy sump, to should you how a BRS small media reactor is a clean fit in the sump. I could add elbows to tighten up the look. I have it mounted on the side wall of the cabinet for easy removal for service. The valve on the intake line means no need to turn the sump poweroff as the lid removes as a simple

The BRS full size media reactor is 14" tall, at $47 ($75 with the sicce pump). You can add cheato and wrap that in led lighting and that would cost less than a HOB fuge.

 

[wings4wheels]

I have a CPR hob fuge that i am going to sell once i get it cleaned up. I did not have a light for it though. Pm me.

 

[BlazinNano]

What goes in the circled area? How is the flow through there?

 

[BullyBee]

What is that front left chamber for?

Is the middle chamber big enough that you could split it front and back?

According to my LFS the front left chamber is for the drain. Water drains into that front left chamber and flows into the one with the hole where the sock goes. My overflow has two outs so one was gonna go into the front left chamber and the back up one was gonna drip into the chamber where either 1. The sock goes or 2. Into my skimmer chamber

 

[BullyBee]

This might make more sense. Ignore the fuge in my tank, that is a 10gal diy sump, to should you how a BRS small media reactor is a clean fit in the sump. I could add elbows to tighten up the look. I have it mounted on the side wall of the cabinet for easy removal for service. The valve on the intake line means no need to turn the sump poweroff as the lid removes as a simple

The BRS full size media reactor is 14" tall, at $47 ($75 with the sicce pump). You can add cheato and wrap that in led lighting and that would cost less than a HOB fuge.

I’m thinking that’s what I’m gonna do. Use the reactor. It just seems so much easier.