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Originally Posted by gregzz4
Likin' either design
What about incorporating your heater(s) into one of the bubble traps to save space
Mine are in a wasted bubble trap, are always wet no matter what the return pump is doing, and are not fully submerged so hopefully they'll last longer (not fill up with water over time)
Same idea as what you are planning;
Drain to whatever chamber that overflows through the socks, then have the heaters in the next (upflow) chamber and voila, heaters are always wet, easy to remove and keeps the tops dry
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My current tank has never had the heater turned on at all, my chiller has to run even in the winter. As I have said before or living room has in floor heat and the glass window separating it from the pool help keep it really warm in there BUT I do plan on having 1 maybe 2 heaters in there just in case. They will not fit in the baffles as I am going to be using a digital type heater.
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Originally Posted by zum14
Well it looks really fancy. On the first drawing the baffle heights look good. I've found you need to have the socks about 2" above the water or they tend to shift out of there holder. On your second drawing Your sharpie lines show the water being about the same height as the sock holder. From my experience (what little there is) I think that you will find your water height will be too high in the middle chamber even with clean socks as you need to have a slight difference in pressure for the water to push through the sock. The other thing is you want to have the safety channel. If your socks plug up you want to have a way for the water to go over the baffle. Right now it would hit the floor. Not that 8 socks are going to plug quickly. Only other question I had was is there a specific reason for running 2 systems back to back like that? I have 2500gph running through 2 4" socks and the water still splashes into them making me think they can handle even more flow. Couple of 7" socks and you could run the whole amount through them. Then you got room for a refugium or frag tank. It's an awesome size, excited to see this one get set up. If its anything like your other tanks it'll be stellar. I like the built in chambers and ato. Good use of space.
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Not going to have a refuge ever again, it was more of a pain then anything & I already have a frag tank going. Thanks for the input on the socks I will go look at my buddies sump and see what he did with his socks so I get a better idea. I have a couple piece of glass with a notch cut out of the corner that fit the tank and could use them for the sock holder wall with the notch at the top.
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Originally Posted by Myka
How big is the display? I like OM on closed loop rather than return line. I would have one return chamber and both pumps in there. Have the sump flow one direction. Returns go straight to tank with maybe a couple splitters so you have 4 nozzles going into tank (depending on size of display). Then make closed loop to run the 8 OM outputs.
Eight 4" filter socks? I would rather use four 7" filter socks. I hate 4" filter socks.
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It a 300 gal 8'er Myka. I dont want another closed loop, also a pain in the arse. I want to be able to control the amount of flow on each pump as one pump will return on one half of the tank and the other pump the other half.