TBrewerton
Reefing newb
Hey everyone, so over the past couple of week i have been thinking of making a small sump for my tank the main reason is I want to be able to remove the heater from the DT and also add a second heater for backup as well as to try and regulate the temp a bit more steady.
The tricky bit is the tank is a shop standard tank with a fitted canopy that cant be removed - this makes attaching things or drilling things to the tank near impossible.
My first thought was to create a syphon to the sump and have a return pump to send it back... pretty simple but then it crossed my mind that if the power went out the return would stop but the syphon would go until it couldn't reach the water... this would be fine until the power turns back on and theres no syphon but theres a return pump... FLOOD
So I am at a loss for ideas - anyone able to point me in the right direction?
The tricky bit is the tank is a shop standard tank with a fitted canopy that cant be removed - this makes attaching things or drilling things to the tank near impossible.
My first thought was to create a syphon to the sump and have a return pump to send it back... pretty simple but then it crossed my mind that if the power went out the return would stop but the syphon would go until it couldn't reach the water... this would be fine until the power turns back on and theres no syphon but theres a return pump... FLOOD
So I am at a loss for ideas - anyone able to point me in the right direction?