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Old 05-21-2001, 10:08 AM   #1
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Question Do you have sump/refugium pics?

I have decided to use a 90gal tank to make my sump/refugium. Does anyone have pictures or suggestions I can use to make this?

I still have one question though. How can you get away with having a sump/refugium in the same tank that has a very high turn over rate? Refugiums require a low turn over, right???

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Old 05-21-2001, 11:01 AM   #2
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I have 2 pics on my web site of my sump refugium.

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Old 05-21-2001, 11:15 AM   #3
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BigLar,

You reduce the flow through the refugium in a combined system by placing 2 drain lines in it. One line goes in the first partition, one line goes in a partition after the refuge but prior to the bubble-removing baffles. If you have 2 overflows in the display, this is easily accomplished. If only one, then you should split this and make the separation. In theory, you just reduced the flow through the refuge by half. Obviously the flow through each line will be slightly different.

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Old 05-21-2001, 12:44 PM   #4
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BigLar,

My web site has pictures and CAD drawings of my refugium/sump.

One thing to remember, a high GPH flow rate does not necessarily mean a strong current.

My refugium has about 1000 gph running through it but the current is rather mild because of the large area that the water is flowing through.

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Old 05-21-2001, 01:03 PM   #5
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my sump/refugium is a 30gal long with about 700gph.
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Old 05-21-2001, 01:56 PM   #6
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What's your opinion of this: http://www.northernreef.org/images/refugium_plumb.gif

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Old 05-21-2001, 02:02 PM   #7
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Perfect! The same thing can be done if the two are combined into one box. [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img]
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Old 05-21-2001, 07:11 PM   #8
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I have a couple pics here: http://community.webtv.net/MarkPelsk...LTWATERAQUARIA
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Old 05-22-2001, 02:11 PM   #9
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I have a picture on my home page (equipment page)But I'm still working on it.
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