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Sump design, why so many chambers?
Making a slow crawl to a larger tank with a sump, never having had a sump I always wondered why so many chambers. Other than a refuge and getting rid of micro bubbles is there really a need to divide up a sump and what would the disadvantages be to having a sump with zero baffles?
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I only have a single baffle to control water height, leaves me a lot more room for equipment. And easier to clean
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Clean? You're supposed to clean your sump? lol
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Duh, of course. Every three years. Mine gets done next month
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I'm guessing it has something to do with the water level for the skimmer
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Exactly. Not required to keep level, but an easy way. If you had auto topoff with a float valve, that would work too.
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In my last sump that I built, I use a float valve with my ATO to control water levels for my skimmer, and then just one set of baffles to trap bubbles before the return chamber. Works fine.
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Okay this is sounds good. I'm trying to re-define the K.I.S.S. design to the overflow and sump but must be flood proof. The sump will likely be the existing 77 gallon display which is being replaced with a 150. I had some advise to have two 1.5" drains, one main, one emergency and decided on just one return.
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