thanks nick , you should see it now looks incredible:)



little peeved the misses may get a TOTM before me though:(

next up now that our fijicrete was dry was to build the aterfalls platforms


we used a mix of expanding foam , epoxy and fijicrete to complete it all:)

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had to seal all the outside as well:0

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then coated the inside with fijicrete to hide all the foam and epoxy as well create a stone look:)

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Very Nice!

thanks buddy were really excited for this tank:)

more coming today!!

sump design
 

ok so we had to design a sump , this is right up our alley and we got to work and drew something up

these were the plans we made:


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basically our down pipes from the external overflow are plumbed into the chamber marked drain entry form display , water then flows over the baffle and onto a 7" filter sock try , when the socks are running normal water flows under the next baffle and when they clog water flows over the notch and into the fuge , after the socks the water flows through the refugium and then into the skimmer section , through some bubble traps and into the return. we have added a small ATO in the back corner as well some dosing chambers for vinegar, alk , cal and mg:) there is an acrylic cover for both the ATO and dosing chambers with holes drilled for lines:)

will post actual pictures of our sump and how it turned out next:)

and the actual sump all glass:)



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under the stand

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skimmer and reactor laid in place

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Like the sump, great design.
Is there a reason the skimmer compartment is after the refugium? My sump is the same flow pattern, however I sometimes think the flow through the skimmer then refugium before return could benefit pod growth. Just curious?
Rick

Wow thats a really intricate sump! Nice work.

IME theres not a pump in the world that can chew pods up , amphipods maybe but not copepods

i use to see them in my skimmer and reactors constantly so im sure they make it through as they got in there:)

thanks guys for the compliments more to come soon:)

Nice work guys, can't wait to see this up and running. Plus 2 on a custom sump, like how you've set up ato and dosing compartments in it aswell.

Out of curiousity what does a sump like this cost?