refugium question...good water or bad?

[beckto]

I am plumbing my fuge, and it will be seperate from sump. My first thought was to have the water come straight from DT, but I have read that some think its bad idea. Instead they opt to feed fuge from a tee off the return. I would like opinions on which you would chose and why...
Thanks in advance.

 

[veni vidi vici]

Do you have any drawings or pics of your setup? It would help.

 

[wildjosh]

I have my sump before my fuge, that way on the return pods can get sucked up into my DT. A drawing would help as well.

 

[beckto]

I am worried about excess waste in the fuge, but i do plan to have a Clean up crew in there. I would put a valve right before the inlet to fuge, to control fuge flow.

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by beckto
http:///forum/post/2966448

I am worried about excess waste in the fuge, but i do plan to have a Clean up crew in there. I would put a valve right before the inlet to fuge, to control fuge flow.
Looks good to me. I would consider a valve in the blue line, a place for mechanical filer media and also couplings to disassemble if and when necessary Cap the ends of your vertical red lines drill holes in the PVC rap with blue/white filter media and secure with zip ties. Make the vertical red lines removable so you can clean and or replace the filter media
this once agian is just IMO

 

[beckto]

Thanks for the input. I have filters caps for bulkheads which I will cover with some sort of filter media, this is all I have planned for stopping big waste to enter fuge/sump.
So as far as the inlet to the fuge coming straight from the DT, it is in popular opinion an "ok" idea?

 

[florida joe]

Originally Posted by beckto
http:///forum/post/2967041
Thanks for the input. I have filters caps for bulkheads which I will cover with some sort of filter media, this is all I have planned for stopping big waste to enter fuge/sump.
So as far as the inlet to the fuge coming straight from the DT, it is in popular opinion an "ok" idea?
its the way I do it but then again I am crazy

 

[beckto]

I like crazy!
On a side note, in the sump where does evaporation occur? Or technically, where would I see the water level drop? The lowest point in the sump?

 

[florida joe]

My friend this is how I set up my high and low level marks on my sump. I filled my DT to the level it will start to crest my overflow boxes. I then put water half way up my sump/refug. I ran the system to change the lines. I now added water to the DT until I once again brought the level of my sump to the half waypoint. I now added water and turned off the pump to see how much back flow I would get until my siphon brakes took effect. I continued this process until I was sure I had the most volume of water in my system WITH OUT overflowing the sump/refug with the pump off. With the tank running I put a mark on my sump marked MAX. I now started to take out water with the system running until I got to a point just above the suction side of my return pump. I marked that point MIN.
I hope this helps.
This is just my own procedure.
Oh sorry. The sump is the best place to Monitor you water level IMO