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i'm setting up a 30 breeder in a teaching lab. there isn't too much space for a tank on a stand so i'm planning on putting it right on a lab bench. however, this precludes drilling through the bottom, or even having a sump below. since this is a class where Gen Bio labs are being held i also think it would be interesting to have the sump visible. i also don't want to partition the tank.

 

so how can i do this? i'm a noob at creative sump setup, help me out plz!!

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reverse the flow direction, i.e. place the sump/refugium higher than the tank, a la Adey. have the sump overflow into the tank.

 

also i think, for laypeople, this will reinforce the concept of the sump/refugium acting as a filter anyway rather than the typical under tank placement. you'll have to drill the sump or setup something to effect the flow into the display tank though but you can zone out the sump/fuge to show various zones and their intended filtration processes, e.g. algae, cryptic, biofilter/surface area, etc.

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Nice idea, and a good teachable moment. It really would not need to be much higher, just on a couple of blocks would work. Water has a way of finding "downhill."

 

The only downside that I can think of would be that the water level in the sump would remain constant, and the water level in your display would fluctuate with evaporation, etc. Also if the power went out, there may be some overspill from all the water that is in the pipe/tubes rushes back into your display.

 

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or since the sump will probably be smaller than the tank, just drill the tank higher on a side, then plumb it into the sump. no need to raise the sump if it not as high (dimension wise) as the display tank is.

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Tiny was talking about something like this: http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...t=0&start=0
yeah, something pretty like that. i like how he placed the fuge, i guess those are TV brackets or something? looks modern and clean. *thumbsup*

 

actually, i wasn't sure if my old site was even still up but this was a setup i used to have. (long gone now) pls, ignore the wood paneling. :blush:

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just a simple gravity feed back to the display is all you'd need. i was using that setup more for planktonic experiments specifically but the concept is the same.

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