coral_watch5
Member
Hi,
I am setting up a 120gal with a 55 gal sump underneath. I want to have a refugium in the middle of my sump with baffles on either side. Water in from aquarium and pump/protein skimmer would be on one side and return pump would be on the other side of the refugium. Water flow would be over the first baffle, under the second, and back over the top down into the refugium. If I make the baffles 10 inches in length with the middle baffle 1.5 inches off of the bottom, does that then mean that the max water level in my sump will be 11.5 inches and the minimum water level 10 inches? If I increase the distance between the middle baffle and the bottom from 1.5 to say 3 inches, then I would have a max water level of 13 inches and a minimum of 10 inches. I plan on having an open top with MH pendants so I will have alot of evaporation. Three inches in a 55 gal is about 7.5 gallons. (231 cubic inches = 1 gal) Do I have this right?
I am setting up a 120gal with a 55 gal sump underneath. I want to have a refugium in the middle of my sump with baffles on either side. Water in from aquarium and pump/protein skimmer would be on one side and return pump would be on the other side of the refugium. Water flow would be over the first baffle, under the second, and back over the top down into the refugium. If I make the baffles 10 inches in length with the middle baffle 1.5 inches off of the bottom, does that then mean that the max water level in my sump will be 11.5 inches and the minimum water level 10 inches? If I increase the distance between the middle baffle and the bottom from 1.5 to say 3 inches, then I would have a max water level of 13 inches and a minimum of 10 inches. I plan on having an open top with MH pendants so I will have alot of evaporation. Three inches in a 55 gal is about 7.5 gallons. (231 cubic inches = 1 gal) Do I have this right?