BarbMazz
Well-Known Member
Okay, so we picked up the tanks and stand/canopy today [:snshne: and of course I'm very VERY happy about that. Everything looks great!
We're sitting here talking with our electrician friend, and he mentions a guy he knows who has his tank on the main floor and his sump and all equipment in the basement below (sound familiar, Terry?). My husband's eyes literally LIGHT UP. He LOVES this equipment in the basement idea, instead of the setup I'd settled on, which was the sump/fuge tank under the stand along with all the gobbledegook that goes with it.
I never mentioned to him about plumbing to the basement because (no offense, Terry) I thought he would think I was nuts. I mean, he'll hafta DRILL through our brand new FLOOR.. I never thought he'd go for that... Well I was really wrong, so we are going to set up with an equipment room in the basement directly below the 65g display upstairs.
So, with that in mind, here's what I'm thinking:
1. getting a 50g long tank to set up as the sump only tank in the basement where the skimmer and all the assorted equipment; topoff, heater, etc will live. I will have to see if the ASM G2 will be big enough to skim the increased amount of water, and I have to see if the Mag-drive 9.5 is big enough to push water from the basement back upstairs. I'm thinking this will be a simple circle; water downflows to skimmer and sump, goes through baffles and is pumped back up to the tank. Does this make sense? If the equipment I've ordered from Jack isn't big enough to handle I will have to beg him to exchange for bigger skimmer and pump.
2. then, I'd like to use the 20g long I have as an under-display refugium. I would have to get an overflow box to plumb the fuge to the display. I think this could be a simple circle; overflow to fuge, then through some baffles to a small return area, then pump back up to the display. Would this work? Are there reasons to NOT connect the fuge directly with the display?
I would like to have this bigger refugium, and I'd like it to be with the display for some undefined reason. I've seen where people have "remote" refugiums, and sumps and refugiums each their own separate tank, so I'm hoping this sort of setup would work.
Please shoot me down or prop me up, as you each see fit!
We're sitting here talking with our electrician friend, and he mentions a guy he knows who has his tank on the main floor and his sump and all equipment in the basement below (sound familiar, Terry?). My husband's eyes literally LIGHT UP. He LOVES this equipment in the basement idea, instead of the setup I'd settled on, which was the sump/fuge tank under the stand along with all the gobbledegook that goes with it.
I never mentioned to him about plumbing to the basement because (no offense, Terry) I thought he would think I was nuts. I mean, he'll hafta DRILL through our brand new FLOOR.. I never thought he'd go for that... Well I was really wrong, so we are going to set up with an equipment room in the basement directly below the 65g display upstairs.
So, with that in mind, here's what I'm thinking:
1. getting a 50g long tank to set up as the sump only tank in the basement where the skimmer and all the assorted equipment; topoff, heater, etc will live. I will have to see if the ASM G2 will be big enough to skim the increased amount of water, and I have to see if the Mag-drive 9.5 is big enough to push water from the basement back upstairs. I'm thinking this will be a simple circle; water downflows to skimmer and sump, goes through baffles and is pumped back up to the tank. Does this make sense? If the equipment I've ordered from Jack isn't big enough to handle I will have to beg him to exchange for bigger skimmer and pump.
2. then, I'd like to use the 20g long I have as an under-display refugium. I would have to get an overflow box to plumb the fuge to the display. I think this could be a simple circle; overflow to fuge, then through some baffles to a small return area, then pump back up to the display. Would this work? Are there reasons to NOT connect the fuge directly with the display?
I would like to have this bigger refugium, and I'd like it to be with the display for some undefined reason. I've seen where people have "remote" refugiums, and sumps and refugiums each their own separate tank, so I'm hoping this sort of setup would work.
Please shoot me down or prop me up, as you each see fit!