Let's see your Triton specific sumps!

Tim@Triton · Apr 5, 2016

Pola0502ds said:
Tim, can you go through your dosers? What are you dosing as i see 7 pumps? Im am considering this method and thought only 3-4 pumps was needed. If you need 7-8 pumps that can add another $200-600 to the project for a multipal dosing pump depending on brand.

I am currently using 6 channels, 1-3 for the elements (I combine 3A&B) 5-6 Vanadium, Manganese, and Iodine.

If you choose to add additional traces then they can be added by hand weekly if you don't wish to use an additional doser.

d2mini · May 2, 2016

Well, this is what I ended up with!

A few more pics and details can be seen in my build thread.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/d...s-mixed-reef-build.241805/page-8#post-2900975

The tank is an Elos 120xl which is around 126g. The refugium in this sump is about 20g.
There are 1/4" water line holders above the skimmer section and above the return section.
Which would be the better spot for my dosing lines?

revhtree · May 2, 2016

Nice sump!

d2mini · May 3, 2016

d2mini said:
There are 1/4" water line holders above the skimmer section and above the return section.
Which would be the better spot for my dosing lines?

Anyone?

gettaReef · May 3, 2016

I'd guess the return section as that's where I usually see them and it makes sense as they will then go through a bunch of flow. However I don't know if it is necessarily "better". In the skimmer section I'd think what you are dosing could possibly be (only partially) sucked up by the skimmer, which may do nothing bad for the additive your dosing, but that would be my only concern other than maybe low flow in there.... other than that I don't see any negatives to using the skimmer section. I just always make sure what I'm dosing isn't near any probes. I'd go with the return section but I'm not the almighty d2mini...hopefully some others can chime in who know more than me

Tim@Triton · May 3, 2016

Return section for dosing

d2mini · May 13, 2016

I've got some 3g containers to mix/store the Elementz but here's my DIY dosing containers to match the sump.

Pola0502ds · May 14, 2016

Nice, where did you get them from?

d2mini · May 14, 2016

Pola0502ds said:
Nice, where did you get them from?

They are Voss 800ml water bottles.
I just scraped the lettering off the glass with a razor blade and painted the caps.

These will do until demand gets too high and I need to find something larger.

reefwiser · May 14, 2016

Here is a dosing container I made from a container I ourchased at Dollar Tree.

hyperionfall · May 30, 2016

Here is my new sump that I just built this week. The build is 3/8 cast acrylic for the exterior walls and 1/4 for the baffles. The chambers are from right to left...small box in corner for feed from tank, that chamber is also the chaeto chamber designed roll roll it (will take some tweeking of the fins at bottom...next chamber is fuge...then skimmer and finally the return. I have also built holders for dosing lines, ato etc...new macro is on the way so I should have it in by the weekend.

wet test

gpwdr · May 30, 2016

Nice work shop dude!

hyperionfall · May 30, 2016

thanks

DrayB · May 31, 2016

did you built that work bench yourself??

hyperionfall · May 31, 2016

Yes I did.

gettaReef · May 31, 2016

Great sump but that bench.....wow! Love it, great job!

hyperionfall · May 31, 2016

gettaReef said:
Great sump but that bench.....wow! Love it, great job!

Thanks very much

hyperionfall · May 31, 2016

OP sorry didn't mean to hijack this thread especially with wood working. I have a woodworking forum link that shows some of my work if anyone is interested.
http://lumberjocks.com/hyperionfall/projects