nytrillium
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Well im finally ready to do a fuge and i want to hear opinions on my design. Basically i want to do 2 separage things. One is the algae scrubber for nutrient export and to remove nitrates. Two, i want a fuge to grow copods, amphipods etc. Overall i'm hoping to almost double the volume of water in my tank too. The algae scrubber is going to be hidden in the stand but i am making the fuge so it is visible so that i can watch it if i decide to put some creatures in it (cucumber, featherduster, snails or something of the sort)
I attached a crude Paint drawing of my algae scrubber. I will not be putting sand in it and i will have baffles to keep the macro in place. Im going to run my HOT 250 to supply it and dump it back to the sump/fuge. Dimensions will probably be around 14" deep x 6" high x 30" long. It ends up being around 10 gallons not counting the supply baffle and overflow chamber for the outlet.
I've got a spare 10 gal. that i want to use for my sump/fuge. I will probably do diagonal corner baffles for the inlet and return to the tank. I attached another pic of that. I have a mag 9.5 that is running my berlin HO skimmer (a little overkill) so the other question is: Can i use the mag 9.5 to pump water through the venturi up to the DT to run the skimmer and also act as the return to the tank from the fuge? Is that not advisable since i will lose my critters that i want back in my tank? I also have a Quiet one 3000 available but i was hoping to use that in a closed loop system for my DT.
I attached a crude Paint drawing of my algae scrubber. I will not be putting sand in it and i will have baffles to keep the macro in place. Im going to run my HOT 250 to supply it and dump it back to the sump/fuge. Dimensions will probably be around 14" deep x 6" high x 30" long. It ends up being around 10 gallons not counting the supply baffle and overflow chamber for the outlet.
I've got a spare 10 gal. that i want to use for my sump/fuge. I will probably do diagonal corner baffles for the inlet and return to the tank. I attached another pic of that. I have a mag 9.5 that is running my berlin HO skimmer (a little overkill) so the other question is: Can i use the mag 9.5 to pump water through the venturi up to the DT to run the skimmer and also act as the return to the tank from the fuge? Is that not advisable since i will lose my critters that i want back in my tank? I also have a Quiet one 3000 available but i was hoping to use that in a closed loop system for my DT.