jgalvin
Well-known member
Hi, setting up my first tank with a sump. After looking for a few weeks for a used one, I bought a proflex sump and it arrived broken. I was hoping to set my tank up this weekend.
A couple months back, a fellow reefer gave me a used sump (its 30X10X16) and has two baffles (three sections). Inside my tank stand is only 34inches and i was hoping to have a small ATO reserve there as i travel for long weekends. So i had not intended to use it. But given the one i bought is being sent back, i wanted to run this idea by you guys.
Could I put the skimmer in the first chamber (first baffle goes to bottom and has a grate at top, then in the second champer put my return/heater, then instead of using the second baffle, extend it all the way down with another peice of acrylic and use that third section as a small ATO reserve (would hold 3 maybe 4 gallons of water)? Question is will I get bubbles back in the tank? Will this design work? My display tank is a 57g.
Any advice or info much appreciated.
James
A couple months back, a fellow reefer gave me a used sump (its 30X10X16) and has two baffles (three sections). Inside my tank stand is only 34inches and i was hoping to have a small ATO reserve there as i travel for long weekends. So i had not intended to use it. But given the one i bought is being sent back, i wanted to run this idea by you guys.
Could I put the skimmer in the first chamber (first baffle goes to bottom and has a grate at top, then in the second champer put my return/heater, then instead of using the second baffle, extend it all the way down with another peice of acrylic and use that third section as a small ATO reserve (would hold 3 maybe 4 gallons of water)? Question is will I get bubbles back in the tank? Will this design work? My display tank is a 57g.
Any advice or info much appreciated.
James