Hog Head Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Starting to set up the 210 and I am starting with the sump seeing how it will be in the garage. I have two sumps, a 75 and a 55. I am going to use the 75 for sure and was thinking about using the 55 as well. The plan was to use one for equipment and the other for a fuge. I know this will increase the overall water volume but is it unecessary and overkill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cellowithgills Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I don't think it's overkill. If I had the space, I would add another tank to my system. Doug used to have 3 or 4 extra tanks on his 450g system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I would do it. I don't think more water volume is ever overkill. Plus with keeping the equipment in one you can realy have some fun with the fudge tank. (critters and plants) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 bigger is always better....(whistle) The more water volume the better you can keep your parameters as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted December 31, 2011 Author Share Posted December 31, 2011 Sounds good. The trick will be keeping the flow running down hill. The plumbing will be passing through the living room wall through the pantry and out to the garage. The plan would be to stack the sumps and the top one might be too tall for gravity to do its job from the main tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Algae Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I am doing basically the same thing. My friends are laughing since this is taking so long but my tanks are on the front driveway, at least. I had heard that you need a drop of at least 45 degrees but, to me, with large enough pipes to the sump(s) it should be mitigated? I posted the same ? and Steve pointed out that a siphon only needs a very small drop. Because it can't build up much of a head from gravity it is limited in flow. I had originally planned to stack a 40 on top of a 40 after a run through my living room to utility to garage sumps. Lately I have thought about pacing a 40 and a 30 sump on the floor. I'd be running dual 1 1/2" pipes through the living room wall to pantry and to garage (actually 2X since I'm plumbing for 2 living room tanks). I'll use my 2" bulkheads to plump from the 40 to the 30. I am following along on this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Head Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 I think that the stacked sumps in the garage will work. But, I have chose to get the SWC 250 1A which needs 25" + 1/2"-1" of clearance above the skimmer for cup removal. This means the skimmer might have to be on the upper level, before the refugium. Will this effect the function of the fuge? Does it even matter? I have always had the fuge before the skimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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