Feelers Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 Well, probably not the most exciting news, but all my small achievement got was weird stares from my flatmates. A scary crash course in siliconing, and one incorrect baffle height still ended well. Tank was $35, glass was $28, 90L total tank volume. I ran the skimmer for a few hours and the temp was much higher there than in the other sections, a lil more than 5 degrees C, Is this anything to be worried about other than a crap inefficient pump? I still have to decide on a return pump, and at the mo another atman 3500 seems to be winning, just because of cost- $65 new. My sump, My sump on drugs.... Cheers for your everyone, got a bit of a way to go...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 nice i wouldnt worry about the temp, as the water will be constantly moving thru that section of the sump anyway. just means ur heater wont be on as much i have a similar set up but i have the skimmer on the right instead of the left, to skim any crap that comes from the output of the tank instead of letting it settle in the first chamber. also that way, there is no need for the sponge bubble filter on the output, as the baffles take care of that on the way out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 im a little confused from the pic? water enters the right and is pumped back out from the left? if so, move skimmer to the middle or right. should be no equipment in the section where the return pump is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brianemone Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 i was thinking the right hand side might be for fresh water (top off) and the middle bit for return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 that would make sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted October 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 The left is the skimmer, the middle is the return, and the right is the refugium, water will be split coming from the overflow into the left and right chambers. Im gonna have a dsb in the fuge, hopefully I'll keep heaps of live octo food, crabs ect in there. Whats the deal with baby crayfish, are they legal and how much/where do you get them? Anyone know of any sources of macro live food?, (ie not brineshrimp or plankton.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted October 6, 2005 Report Share Posted October 6, 2005 water will be split coming from the overflow into the left and right chambers you really should have 3 baffles on the right hand side then as well, rather than just one. water flowing over may cause microbubbles effecting performance of flow for your return pump and also effecting clarity in the main tank (nothing worse than the main tank full of bubbles!) HOWEVER! you might be able to get away with it though if you change the amount of flow that goes to the skimmer and refugium sections. i would recommend if you are going to split the overflow, imo put about 1/4 of water to the fuge and 3/4 of the water to the skimmer section. use different size pipes to achieve this. you dont want insane water movement in the refugium, only subtle. this should allow your pod population to grow better. the idea is to have adults breeding babies and only the babies to get fed to the display tank. too much flow might upset this balance (especially considering its such a small volume of water) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelers Posted October 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2005 Yeah I figure I'll have a ball valve on the fuge pipe to control the flow, as I want lots of pods ect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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