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Originally Posted by 2Quills http:///forum/thread/380517/flower-s-sump-fuge-build/1800#post_3342482
Excellent, Flower!!! You did it too!!!
Yeah it looks like the reason you are only getting a trickle into the fuge is because of the way the hoses ended up landing behind the stand. Much of the water is bypassing the opening on the fuge side of the drain. I pretty much had to guesstimate the best I could without being able to actually be there. Because had I been there to set it up in person then I would have hooked you up with something that woulda been a little more user friendly to use. That plumbing there is a little more like a universal design I guess I would say.
But it seems to me like you could use just a little more water going over to the fuge. And the way you do that is infact easy to do....go ahead and leave the valve on the fuge side all the way open. And then just close the valve going to the skimmer side off a little bit. The more you close off the valve going to the skimmer side then the more water will back flow over to the fuge side. You'll just have to guesstimate by eyeballing it the best ya can. As mentioned before you're looking for somewhere in the neighborhood of a 1/4 to 1/3rd of the drain water going to the fuge side. Shawn did a good job designing the fuge drains so you really shouldn't notice much water or air (hopefully) coming out of the bottom of those at all.
Edit: I just noticed that I left the hose clamps off of the bottom two hoses. I think I threw the extras in the box for whatever reason. You could probably put them on or leave them off. Those hoses are on there so tight I don't think you're going to have a problem with them leaking at all. But it's up to U...if not then keep them as extras just incase.
I wouldl never have thought to turn down the sump side..Your so smart
My Good Cyber Friends
Nitrates were everywhere giving me fright, water changes each day and into the night. But when you have friends who love saltwater fish, the worries turned into a sump/refugium wish.
Shawn got together all the smart ones online and decided to make me something divine. While Meowzer hunted down the perfect skimmer for me, Al&Burke started measures as swift as can be.. making sure it can fit in the cabinet you see.
Then others jumped in with opinions and thoughts. Post counts kept rising as help just poured in. To thank them all proper, where could I begin? Monsinour, U Mike, Posiden, Spanko and Gemmy. Even Beaslebob showed up 13 pages later…with all of that help, oh what could be greater?
To my amazement Corey stepped in, He created a gizmo and blocked it all in…… to sit on the tank perfect …an award he should win. He did all the plumbing and put it together, he made it so well it will last forever.
Desertdawg and 1snapple had questions to ask, and they got their answers we raised to the task.
Shawn with your cold, skinned knuckles a plenty, made the sump/refugium with help from so many. My friend posted pictures so all could see…the beautiful sump/fuge he created for me.
These folks didn’t know me, it’s all cyber space…I wish they could see this big grin on my face. I wrote you this poem, I want you to know…I will always cherish your friendship, my hearts all aglow. What a shame it belongs in the cabinet below.
The end…
I said it’s the end but the story kept going, and the list of sweet kind ones just keeps growing, now there is Sparty…059, Smartorl and Scott T, I have added these three. And here is the story of why it needs be.
The boxes arrived on my door step one day, everyone was excited to see what I would say. Now we are upset by the UPS guy, before I could sign for it, he took off on the fly. After opening them up, now we know why….
The sump and refugium, Acrylics sweet works of art…. were pulled from the boxes all broken apart. We called UPS… expecting insurance money..the way they have handled the claim isn’t funny. We gave them our pictures, they even came to the house. In my story they are the bad guys, the villain and the louse. Lower than pond scum for what they have done, of the insurance money we have seen none.
The sump is now costing, it isn’t for free. The work and the time and materials you see. I thought it was lost, that it was all over…but because of all these people there is a makeover. Monsinour has offered to make a road trip, nobody is trusting my new sump to ship.
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Then Slice stepped up full of confidence, making a road trip he was just nonsense. I can make you a box, yes that was his boast. I make boxes for a living, and I’m better than most.
He asked for the sizes and what each would weigh, but before I go farther there is more to say….Al made the fuge and Acrylic the sump, don’t worry they told me..this is just a bump nothing is going to stop us from making this sump.
Well Slice made the boxes, he did them up right, then he added our logos, it was such a delight. They made it here safely… we sent them Fed X…and we still wait for money from UPS.
Now the hoses are hooked up, the water is running, the sump working like clockwork and the fuge is online. Everyone’s effort has made this come true, so I wrote this poem to thank each of you….
Originally Posted by 2Quills http:///forum/thread/380517/flower-s-sump-fuge-build/1800#post_3342482
Excellent, Flower!!! You did it too!!!
Yeah it looks like the reason you are only getting a trickle into the fuge is because of the way the hoses ended up landing behind the stand. Much of the water is bypassing the opening on the fuge side of the drain. I pretty much had to guesstimate the best I could without being able to actually be there. Because had I been there to set it up in person then I would have hooked you up with something that woulda been a little more user friendly to use. That plumbing there is a little more like a universal design I guess I would say.
But it seems to me like you could use just a little more water going over to the fuge. And the way you do that is infact easy to do....go ahead and leave the valve on the fuge side all the way open. And then just close the valve going to the skimmer side off a little bit. The more you close off the valve going to the skimmer side then the more water will back flow over to the fuge side. You'll just have to guesstimate by eyeballing it the best ya can. As mentioned before you're looking for somewhere in the neighborhood of a 1/4 to 1/3rd of the drain water going to the fuge side. Shawn did a good job designing the fuge drains so you really shouldn't notice much water or air (hopefully) coming out of the bottom of those at all.
Edit: I just noticed that I left the hose clamps off of the bottom two hoses. I think I threw the extras in the box for whatever reason. You could probably put them on or leave them off. Those hoses are on there so tight I don't think you're going to have a problem with them leaking at all. But it's up to U...if not then keep them as extras just incase.
I wouldl never have thought to turn down the sump side..Your so smart
My Good Cyber Friends
Nitrates were everywhere giving me fright, water changes each day and into the night. But when you have friends who love saltwater fish, the worries turned into a sump/refugium wish.
Shawn got together all the smart ones online and decided to make me something divine. While Meowzer hunted down the perfect skimmer for me, Al&Burke started measures as swift as can be.. making sure it can fit in the cabinet you see.
Then others jumped in with opinions and thoughts. Post counts kept rising as help just poured in. To thank them all proper, where could I begin? Monsinour, U Mike, Posiden, Spanko and Gemmy. Even Beaslebob showed up 13 pages later…with all of that help, oh what could be greater?
To my amazement Corey stepped in, He created a gizmo and blocked it all in…… to sit on the tank perfect …an award he should win. He did all the plumbing and put it together, he made it so well it will last forever.
Desertdawg and 1snapple had questions to ask, and they got their answers we raised to the task.
Shawn with your cold, skinned knuckles a plenty, made the sump/refugium with help from so many. My friend posted pictures so all could see…the beautiful sump/fuge he created for me.
These folks didn’t know me, it’s all cyber space…I wish they could see this big grin on my face. I wrote you this poem, I want you to know…I will always cherish your friendship, my hearts all aglow. What a shame it belongs in the cabinet below.
The end…
I said it’s the end but the story kept going, and the list of sweet kind ones just keeps growing, now there is Sparty…059, Smartorl and Scott T, I have added these three. And here is the story of why it needs be.
The boxes arrived on my door step one day, everyone was excited to see what I would say. Now we are upset by the UPS guy, before I could sign for it, he took off on the fly. After opening them up, now we know why….
The sump and refugium, Acrylics sweet works of art…. were pulled from the boxes all broken apart. We called UPS… expecting insurance money..the way they have handled the claim isn’t funny. We gave them our pictures, they even came to the house. In my story they are the bad guys, the villain and the louse. Lower than pond scum for what they have done, of the insurance money we have seen none.
The sump is now costing, it isn’t for free. The work and the time and materials you see. I thought it was lost, that it was all over…but because of all these people there is a makeover. Monsinour has offered to make a road trip, nobody is trusting my new sump to ship.
/>
Then Slice stepped up full of confidence, making a road trip he was just nonsense. I can make you a box, yes that was his boast. I make boxes for a living, and I’m better than most.
He asked for the sizes and what each would weigh, but before I go farther there is more to say….Al made the fuge and Acrylic the sump, don’t worry they told me..this is just a bump nothing is going to stop us from making this sump.
Well Slice made the boxes, he did them up right, then he added our logos, it was such a delight. They made it here safely… we sent them Fed X…and we still wait for money from UPS.
Now the hoses are hooked up, the water is running, the sump working like clockwork and the fuge is online. Everyone’s effort has made this come true, so I wrote this poem to thank each of you….
Acrrylic51
Al&Burke
2Quills
Slice
Meowzer
Monsinour
U Mike
Gemmy
Poisden
Spanko
Beaslebob
Desertdawg
1Snapple
Sparty59
Scott T
Smartorl
