new sump from john @ AA
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I'm surprised john even had time to build u a sump...he's usually so busy screwing everyone over. 
Awesome looking sump
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Awesome looking sump
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Nick,i was talking to John about that and how he had a bad rap. All i can say was that john stayed in communication with me, gave me some ideas on my original design that would work better and i believe he went abouve and beyond my expecttions.
I thought i would update my new sump as it has water in it now
This is what i was using for a sump/fuge before John hooked it up:
If you can see, i had my skimmer in the back/right of the stand which made it tight to take to cup off for regular cleanings. The sump is only servicable from the front & left side so now the skimmer is on the left side
This is the sump in its current state:
With this new sump layout i can service my skimmer easier, i have more room for cheato, i have double the ATO capicity, and ill be able to incorporate 2 reactors inside the sump now.
I still need to clean up all the wires and i got a delivery on saturday of a cable rack to help clean up the wires. Heres a pic if what ill be using for my wire management.
Now i need to look for 2 reactors that wont take up much space and that are reliable. I want to run carbon and either pellets or GFO. I have a next reef reactor but its 6" wide and running 2 of them would be 12"wide. I was looking at the avast reactors, they seem to have alittle smaller footprint at 5" wide but im undecided yet.
What are our thoughts/opinions on my set up guys/gals?
This is what i was using for a sump/fuge before John hooked it up:
If you can see, i had my skimmer in the back/right of the stand which made it tight to take to cup off for regular cleanings. The sump is only servicable from the front & left side so now the skimmer is on the left side
This is the sump in its current state:
With this new sump layout i can service my skimmer easier, i have more room for cheato, i have double the ATO capicity, and ill be able to incorporate 2 reactors inside the sump now.
I still need to clean up all the wires and i got a delivery on saturday of a cable rack to help clean up the wires. Heres a pic if what ill be using for my wire management.
Now i need to look for 2 reactors that wont take up much space and that are reliable. I want to run carbon and either pellets or GFO. I have a next reef reactor but its 6" wide and running 2 of them would be 12"wide. I was looking at the avast reactors, they seem to have alittle smaller footprint at 5" wide but im undecided yet.
What are our thoughts/opinions on my set up guys/gals?
Bean, the small RO housing you see in the pic is actually my kalk reactor i have about 4 tbl spoons of kalk in there and i pump water in a reverse fashion. What that means is, i pump water through the "exit" port so the water feeds into the bottom portion of the container of the container. I had to modify the inside by running a pvc pipe down to the bottom. The water is then pushed through the kalk upwards and it exits through what was originally the "in" port. I seen this design about 8years ago and i have had great success keeping up with my calcium needs. But then again i wasnt running an sps tank.
The cable rack will be screwed to the top of the inside of the stand and i will run my wires inside the rack. Ill take a quick pic right now so you can have a better idea of what i intend to do.
using this rack ill be able to get rid of the zip ties and velcro fasteners i was using. it will allow me to hide all the extra length of wire inside the channel.
i have about 4 tbl spoons of kalk in there and i pump water in a reverse fashion. What that means is, i pump water through the "exit" port so the water feeds into the bottom portion of the container of the container. I had to modify the inside by running a pvc pipe down to the bottom. The water is then pushed through the kalk upwards and it exits through what was originally the "in" port. I seen this design about 8years ago and i have had great success keeping up with my calcium needs. But then again i wasnt running an sps tank.The cable rack will be screwed to the top of the inside of the stand and i will run my wires inside the rack. Ill take a quick pic right now so you can have a better idea of what i intend to do.
using this rack ill be able to get rid of the zip ties and velcro fasteners i was using. it will allow me to hide all the extra length of wire inside the channel.
