Hello everyone,
I apologize there is a million posts on sump design and honestly I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to understand them. Gathered as much knowledge as I can but I can't seem to figure out same basic stuff, I see many complicated designs and I don't know what I need yet, first big reef tank for me. My main display is a 200 gallon tank with a 75 gallon tank sump. Its a 4.5ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft (makes sense in metric 140cm x 45cm x 45cm). and the main display is 6.5ft x 2ft x 2ft, main drain is in the middle with a modular marine bean animal style overflow and two returns on each corner.
My design is basically just 3 baffles with 1 in height less in between them, does that seem right?
My questions are:
1- Do I need bubble traps? If so where. Ive read a lot before the return is good enough with under over under, do all they do is remove bubbles? Sorry I have ZERO experience in this. Are bubbles a problem? should I strongly consider this?
2- Noise: Will this design cause bunch of waterfall noises in the sump? If so that's a big concern for me, how can I make it quieter?
3- Height of first baffle is 12inches, total height of sump is 17.5in. That's 5.5in height. Will that be enough when I turn off return pump? How do I know if its enough? Most people say eye ball but unfortunately I can't really do that since I have to pay someone to make this for me. I won't be DIYing this.
4- Other equipment: I don't know if I need a reactor for now, or any other equipment, is this enough space for "future" stuff? The return chamber is huge so is the skimmer chamber. This is where I really don't know how to future proof it as I don't know what or how I will progress equipment wise. I already bought ATO Tunze and I know I will be using that. I will be using a filter roller in the very near future, will start the tank without it though. Can I have space for maybe a frag tank? I have the tank without the baffles right now its huge. Should I be dividing chambers more?
Thanks for the help
I apologize there is a million posts on sump design and honestly I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to understand them. Gathered as much knowledge as I can but I can't seem to figure out same basic stuff, I see many complicated designs and I don't know what I need yet, first big reef tank for me. My main display is a 200 gallon tank with a 75 gallon tank sump. Its a 4.5ft x 1.5ft x 1.5ft (makes sense in metric 140cm x 45cm x 45cm). and the main display is 6.5ft x 2ft x 2ft, main drain is in the middle with a modular marine bean animal style overflow and two returns on each corner.
My design is basically just 3 baffles with 1 in height less in between them, does that seem right?
My questions are:
1- Do I need bubble traps? If so where. Ive read a lot before the return is good enough with under over under, do all they do is remove bubbles? Sorry I have ZERO experience in this. Are bubbles a problem? should I strongly consider this?
2- Noise: Will this design cause bunch of waterfall noises in the sump? If so that's a big concern for me, how can I make it quieter?
3- Height of first baffle is 12inches, total height of sump is 17.5in. That's 5.5in height. Will that be enough when I turn off return pump? How do I know if its enough? Most people say eye ball but unfortunately I can't really do that since I have to pay someone to make this for me. I won't be DIYing this.
4- Other equipment: I don't know if I need a reactor for now, or any other equipment, is this enough space for "future" stuff? The return chamber is huge so is the skimmer chamber. This is where I really don't know how to future proof it as I don't know what or how I will progress equipment wise. I already bought ATO Tunze and I know I will be using that. I will be using a filter roller in the very near future, will start the tank without it though. Can I have space for maybe a frag tank? I have the tank without the baffles right now its huge. Should I be dividing chambers more?
Thanks for the help