BobinCovington
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I am toying with the idea of building a sump out of a 29 gallon glass aquarium. I would use 1/4" acrylic for the baffles. Can anyone help with some feed back on designs? I have looked at Melevs reef and there are a lot of good designs there, but none with glass. I only have 14" x 34" of footprint to use for my sump placement.
1) I want to run it remotely in my garage and with tubing running under the house - to and from a 70 to 90 gallon display tank
2) I would like to use my existing skimmer for now (remora adapted to sit in my sump using a maxi-jet 1200)
3) What chambers or sections do I need? (inflow from tank-bubble tower- live rock? - skimmer - refugium -heater -pump out area?) What is the best bullet proof design?
4) What glue should I use to attach acrylic to glass
5) If I to want to run a submerged pump out to the tank (to avoid drilling glass), what is a good pump choice to go vertical 6 feet and horizontal about 20 feet to tank. (for a 5 time turnover rate of 90 gallons = 450gph?)
6) as the alternative, what is a good way to use an external pump with glass? Should I use a PVC intake line over the top of the side of the sump? What is a good pump choice here?
7) Should I put an acrylic cover over any of the chambers to keep dust and other things out?
Sorry for the many questions, but thanks for any suggestions.
1) I want to run it remotely in my garage and with tubing running under the house - to and from a 70 to 90 gallon display tank
2) I would like to use my existing skimmer for now (remora adapted to sit in my sump using a maxi-jet 1200)
3) What chambers or sections do I need? (inflow from tank-bubble tower- live rock? - skimmer - refugium -heater -pump out area?) What is the best bullet proof design?
4) What glue should I use to attach acrylic to glass
5) If I to want to run a submerged pump out to the tank (to avoid drilling glass), what is a good pump choice to go vertical 6 feet and horizontal about 20 feet to tank. (for a 5 time turnover rate of 90 gallons = 450gph?)
6) as the alternative, what is a good way to use an external pump with glass? Should I use a PVC intake line over the top of the side of the sump? What is a good pump choice here?
7) Should I put an acrylic cover over any of the chambers to keep dust and other things out?
Sorry for the many questions, but thanks for any suggestions.