W.Glint
Community Member
Hello gang!
so here's the thing: im setting up my 90g in a month or two, after some home renovations ( other wise i would be doing it now. suspense is killing me ). Im trying to finalize some details, specifcly my sump. I'm looking for some input, or some things that could work better than what i describe.
When i got the tank, the seller threw in the 15 gallon Americle sump for no charge. i figured ide take the thing and see if i can get any use out of it. the first chamber had bio balls, and the second chamber was open. Heres a general diagram of the thing:
The two top red lines are the openings, and the 2 green plugs are bulkheads with PVC fittings on them, currently capped. ( the way it came.)
I dont really have any interest in using the bio balls, so i think they are going to get tossed. but as for the actual sump, i think it has potential. i was thinking i would place 1 or 2 filter socks in the left chamber (i have a snowflake eel that will be going in the tank, and hes one heck of a messy eater, so i want some good mechanical filtration that i can clean out every other day or so ), along with my Aqua C Remora skimmer ( most likely going to upgrade that, but for now it is what it is.), and then in the second chamber, i was thinking of adding a acrylic baffle up from that little stub of a baffle up to a decent level, perhaps to the second drain bulkhead, and put my Turf Scrubber in the second chamber, and then have a 10 gallon tank on the reciveing end of the drain bulk heads, and then put my return pump in that. picture:
Yellow is the turf scrubber, pink is the skimmer, the green line would be the baffle i extend upwards, and the 2 gray are the filter socks.
This would also leave me room to add in a fuge to the set up between the return pump and the first section of the sump.
Whew, that was really long winded, and for that apologies. :cry:
Thoughts and ideas?
so here's the thing: im setting up my 90g in a month or two, after some home renovations ( other wise i would be doing it now. suspense is killing me ). Im trying to finalize some details, specifcly my sump. I'm looking for some input, or some things that could work better than what i describe.
When i got the tank, the seller threw in the 15 gallon Americle sump for no charge. i figured ide take the thing and see if i can get any use out of it. the first chamber had bio balls, and the second chamber was open. Heres a general diagram of the thing:
The two top red lines are the openings, and the 2 green plugs are bulkheads with PVC fittings on them, currently capped. ( the way it came.)
I dont really have any interest in using the bio balls, so i think they are going to get tossed. but as for the actual sump, i think it has potential. i was thinking i would place 1 or 2 filter socks in the left chamber (i have a snowflake eel that will be going in the tank, and hes one heck of a messy eater, so i want some good mechanical filtration that i can clean out every other day or so ), along with my Aqua C Remora skimmer ( most likely going to upgrade that, but for now it is what it is.), and then in the second chamber, i was thinking of adding a acrylic baffle up from that little stub of a baffle up to a decent level, perhaps to the second drain bulkhead, and put my Turf Scrubber in the second chamber, and then have a 10 gallon tank on the reciveing end of the drain bulk heads, and then put my return pump in that. picture:
Yellow is the turf scrubber, pink is the skimmer, the green line would be the baffle i extend upwards, and the 2 gray are the filter socks.
This would also leave me room to add in a fuge to the set up between the return pump and the first section of the sump.
Whew, that was really long winded, and for that apologies. :cry:
Thoughts and ideas?
