project5k
Reef enthusiast
30 long, got it, i have one that i was thinking about using till i realized it leaked...
well you sure could go with a hob skimmer, but i've tried it, and from what i have experienced, its safer to go with an insump unit... just incase it overflows or whatever, the water dosent land on the floor, it just drops into the sump and you dont end up running the return pump dry...
so, if you use the dimentions of the skimmer i have, (octo110) its like a 10x6 footprint, but really shouldnt be in a space smaller than 11x7, lets use that, so 7 inches, then i'd space the tripple baffels out to like 2.5 inches apart at least, so thats 12 so far, plus glass thickness (id go 1/4 inch) then comming from the other end, the fuge could be, say, 10 inches, then another set of tripple baffels, but these can be closer to save space cause the flow in the fuge will be less, so, say space thoes out at 2" each, so thats 14, so 14 and 12 is 26, and 36-26 is 10, thats a decent return section... and this is also where your ATO would go...
i'll work on a basic paint drawing after i hit post...
ok, so, i would have each of the drains going seperately to the sump... one into the skimmer and the other into the fuge, and i guess that they are the same size, so if you wanted to push a little more water towards the skimmer, you could t off the fuge drain line and push some of that over to the skimmer side..
well you sure could go with a hob skimmer, but i've tried it, and from what i have experienced, its safer to go with an insump unit... just incase it overflows or whatever, the water dosent land on the floor, it just drops into the sump and you dont end up running the return pump dry...
so, if you use the dimentions of the skimmer i have, (octo110) its like a 10x6 footprint, but really shouldnt be in a space smaller than 11x7, lets use that, so 7 inches, then i'd space the tripple baffels out to like 2.5 inches apart at least, so thats 12 so far, plus glass thickness (id go 1/4 inch) then comming from the other end, the fuge could be, say, 10 inches, then another set of tripple baffels, but these can be closer to save space cause the flow in the fuge will be less, so, say space thoes out at 2" each, so thats 14, so 14 and 12 is 26, and 36-26 is 10, thats a decent return section... and this is also where your ATO would go...
i'll work on a basic paint drawing after i hit post...
ok, so, i would have each of the drains going seperately to the sump... one into the skimmer and the other into the fuge, and i guess that they are the same size, so if you wanted to push a little more water towards the skimmer, you could t off the fuge drain line and push some of that over to the skimmer side..
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