I've been following this thread, I like that last build with the acrylic uprights to hold the pipe. I'm upgrading my 55 reef to a 120 soon, and I think I'm going to work one of these into the sump plans.
Mega-Powerful Nitrate and Phosphate Remover Replaces Skimmer, Refugium, part 1-4
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Yes I admire those folks who know how to work with acrylic. I'll be posting soon an acrylic box I had made at a plastics shop.
That's right, I just went back and saw that. I guess if I use your calculations I'll for a 90 gal tank about 90 sq. in. right?
Does everyone just use the drain from an overflow to run water over the screen, or are people using a second pump to just pump water over the screen? I'm torn between teeing off my drain line and having a portion of the water feed over the screen, or just putting a small fountain pump in the sump specifically to run water over the screen.
Alright so if I use a 12x12 double sided screen, that should be plenty of surface area, and I should be looking at around 400gph or so. If my return pump is pushing about 1000gph, then I can tee it off and dump about half of it directly into the sump and the other half through the slotted pipe and over the screen.
Exactly. Make sure to use a ball valve 'cause you'll need to adjust the flow initially, and periodically.
