Sumps

[tinmanny]

ReefNut Do you have pictures of your reef

Thanks Again
Manny

 

[reefnut]

One more thought I had for you... make sure the baffles and normal water level is low enough to handle whatever back siphoned water you will get during a power outage. Notice both sumps pictured have water levels well below the top of the tanks. During a power outage mine rises to the very top... there's just enough room that it doesn't overflow. Ideally you want plenty of room left so you don't have to worry about it.

 

[tinmanny]

How would I go about figuring baffle height is it just trial and error
Thank You

Manny

 

[acekjd83]

calculate roughly how much water you will have drain back (based on pipe volume and tank volume that will drain back). you must leave at least that much volume in your sump to allow for drainback.
calculation (in inches): base x height x depth / 231 = volume (in gallons)

 

[acekjd83]

it helps to have a really good overflow that can handle much more water than the return pump, so that the tank level is maintained close to its totally drained level. that way you dont have to leave quite as much empty room in the sump for the tank volume

 

[0verfl0w]

How do you determine what size sump/fuge you should run in relation to your DT size?

 

[acekjd83]

technically, it just has to be big enough to accomodate the water that will drain back, with enough water to keep any equipment like heaters submerged... there are no upper limits on sump size. bigger is indeed better...

 

[tinmanny]

thanks acekjd83 that works for me

thanks
Manny