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[Muttley000]

Well I'm not sure welcome is appropriate any longer but your tank looks great! I would suggest you start a thread in the chemistry or general areas to get more views and opinions. Many do automatic water changes succesfully and surely it would help your situation. Have you looked at algae scrubbing or a Cheato fuge to reduce nutrients? Same concept as the reactor but simpler IMO.

 

[bsn_rn_cen]

welcome to reef2reef

 

[Kjlife]

Tank looks nice [emoji106]

 

[Kjlife]

Got used sump I cant figure it out is it just poor design when at operating lvl all baffles are underwater can anyone offer advise I can include a picture of where he said return and drian should be doesn't make sense to me

 

[Kjlife]

Or would there be a better place to ask the question

 

[DSC reef]

Or would there be a better place to ask the question

Try posting in general equipment to get more eyes on your question. The sump does look different

 

[Raege]

Nice tank one day a Redsea reefer will be mine....if the wife can slowly be convinced
Thanks for postin up and sharing some pics. For tank an$ equipment questions probably get more views and answers in a different forum like general equipment perhaps. Best of luck sure you will get som3 good info from others who have been there done that

 

[ourcoralreef]

Got used sump I cant figure it out is it just poor design when at operating lvl all baffles are underwater can anyone offer advise I can include a picture of where he said return and drian should be doesn't make sense to me

Include that photo
Here is what it looks like to me
Not my ideal sump i would just modify a 10-20gallon stock aquarium to be a sump to my liking

 

[Kjlife]

Like this if it makes sense

 

[ourcoralreef]

How big is that return area
And how tall are those walls by the skimmer

 

[Kjlife]

The small holes in black part are too high up I think they are 10inchs and return side is 10.5inces

 

[Kjlife]

Maybe just return hole needs to come down more

 

[Kjlife]

Or block off the hole to that return chamber and just use that as a freshwater area?

 

[Kjlife]

I believe this is how it was set up

 

[ourcoralreef]

Did you run it with a pump
The pump area will go lower if you run it with a pump

See how high the baffles are by the skimmer and see what hight your skimmer needs
That would be my deciding factor


I personally don’t like the setup of the sump seems a bit too cramped

Personally like i said buy a stock 20 gallon tank put some baffles and be done with it
Petco has a $1 per gallon sale 4 times a year once every quarter

 

[Kjlife]

Yea I'm worried about the size of the skimmer it's pretty large

 

[Kjlife]

Just realised I posted this one some one else thread on accident very sorry will place on mine and in proper section