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03-19-2008, 04:05 AM
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| Bryozoan  | Greetings from Kamloops They call me John and I have begun to create a 75 gallon reef. I have been researching all over the web and have found some really good ideas and some not so good ones. I'm very inventive and enjoy making things myself so I plan to make all the external hardware myself. I have a plan to use a 12 gallon sump with a working volume of 6 gallons. Not sure if i am going to use glass or acrylic... I'm hoping that my design and plan will be successful. i would like to use the sump for primary filtration with 3 stages. Rock, gravel, then sand... then into a large protein skimmer (reactor?) using counterflow and forced air. Then back to the tank. Also I would like to have an air powered undergravel filter system in the tank itself. This is probably overkill, but I'm a fan of overkill... I believe you can't have too much filtration. I have drawn up a basic plan and have attached it below. I am very interested in hearing what the 'sperts think... Is this a viable system? is there anything i've missed or done wrong. I'm hoping that this will be very quiet and I think it will... Comments? Hope you can read this... had to squash it a lot. |
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03-19-2008, 09:39 AM
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| The CodFather ~ | Re: Greetings from Kamloops 
__________________ ...and when I'm old and wise little things mean little to me like autumn winds they'll blow right through me and someday, in the mist of time when they ask you if you knew me remember that you were a friend of mine |
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03-19-2008, 10:46 AM
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| Tiger Shark  | Re: Greetings from Kamloops Welcome ABoard
__________________  A Wiseman once said build a stage add a pole & they will dance - Jack 2007 www.aquaticaggression.com Projects & Chronicels http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...car-buffs.html http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...nts-tanks.html |
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03-19-2008, 08:41 PM
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| Beautiful Katamari   | Re: Greetings from Kamloops Howdy Hoooooo! Welcome to RS!
__________________ A 55g link in the GoldenChain My 2nd-QT-Wrasse My Second Quarantine Tank 2 (+) Year Retrospective of a 12g Nano Jeff   What You Think Upon Grows... Have a Smooth Day! |
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03-20-2008, 03:05 AM
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| Bryozoan | Re: Greetings from Kamloops Thanks all... Just so you don't think I'm a complete idiot, I have done a lot more research and found that my plan is crap. I must have a thick sand bed for the anerobic bacteria and a refugium for plant matter and co2 control. I have redesigned the sump for that purpose. Peace... John |
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