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    Sump and overflow design

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    Sump design is pretty much standard. You might want to take note of the height of the sump and consider if you want to remove any of the equipment for maintenance, you should have enough maneuver space. I am not familiar with the dimensions of the equipment you have listed but you should allow for 10%-20% buffer space just in case.

    Another thing you might want to take note is the size of the return pump compartment. You won't want to make it too small as the water level will drop too fast due to evaporation. I see that you have catered for auto top up, but that is still some work if you need to refill the auto top up frequently.

    Personally I would opt for a larger sump, as much space my cabinet can accommodate.

    Sump and overflow design

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    There are some considerations as well:

    Surface skimming is not very efficient with tooth weirs. The author suggest toothless weirs but the fishes can easily get trap in the overflow.

    And also, do take note that the author suggests using gate valve instead of ball valve.

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    Sump and overflow design

    in New to the Marine Aquaria Hobby

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    I would suggest you make the bean animal overflow, so that you have a quiet setup and no bubbles in the sump. Downside is that the over flow is big as it has 3 down pipes (2 if like to live on the edge). Or you can actually make the overflow external coast to coast on the tank. But it be more complex for the tank maker. Or you can refer here. I think this is a very neat setup and I hope to replicate this on my tank next time. http://www.glassreef.com/basics_overflow.php Plus you can consider having a trapezoid shape overflow in the middle in case you want to create standing wave in your tank. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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