What kind of sump is this?

meatwad63 · 02/14/2014, 04:55 PM

What kind of sump is this? What is the best setup for it, and is it missing anything?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/11ncclztyr...214_020447.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/s297j5hv3l...214_020434.jpg

kikoreefer · 02/14/2014, 05:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meatwad63

What kind of sump is this? What is the best setup for it, and is it missing anything?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/11ncclztyr...214_020447.jpg

https://www.dropbox.com/s/s297j5hv3l...214_020434.jpg

meatwad63 · 02/14/2014, 05:08 PM

You don't seem to have said anything?

meatwad63 · 02/14/2014, 06:30 PM

bump

jwilliams860 · 02/14/2014, 08:28 PM

It looks like something custom built.you'd need more pics of what the interior looks like and where the baffles are.

meatwad63 · 02/14/2014, 08:39 PM

The RED is the baffles, the ORANGE is a grate type of thing, the BLUE is the water flow with arrows distinguishing intake(down) and return(up), and the GREEN is the operating water level marked on it. I would take more pictures, but it's at my other house at the moment.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8o8dqtx87dzwtku/diagram.jpg

meatwad63 · 02/14/2014, 09:41 PM

bump

meatwad63 · 02/14/2014, 11:13 PM

bump

meatwad63 · 02/15/2014, 01:55 AM

bump

atreis · 02/15/2014, 06:24 AM

Very peculiar design... Usually there's a baffle that water is forced to go up and over, creating at least one chamber with a stable water level for a skimmer. As it is, the baffles aren't doing much of anything. (That doesn't mean it can't be made to work though. It's just odd, and likely not as effective at removing micro bubbles.)

meatwad63 · 02/15/2014, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by atreis

Very peculiar design... Usually there's a baffle that water is forced to go up and over, creating at least one chamber with a stable water level for a skimmer. As it is, the baffles aren't doing much of anything. (That doesn't mean it can't be made to work though. It's just odd, and likely not as effective at removing micro bubbles.)

Any idea on what the design of this was meant to be? And is there any specific design/fix you would recommend to make this sump work the best it could?

meatwad63 · 02/15/2014, 01:00 PM

bump

atreis · 02/15/2014, 01:48 PM

No idea what the design is meant to accomplish.

I'd put two partitions, one before each of the existing partitions, that go from the floor up to the desired water level, such that water has to go over them, then under the existing baffles.

Windirmere · 02/15/2014, 03:07 PM

Looks like a baffle in the return section is missing

Windirmere · 02/15/2014, 03:09 PM

also looks like it was plummed to have a floating refugium

meatwad63 · 02/15/2014, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Windirmere

also looks like it was plummed to have a floating refugium

What's a floating refugium?

meatwad63 · 02/15/2014, 09:46 PM

Bump

john08007 · 02/15/2014, 11:04 PM

Looks like there is at least one place near the return pump where you can slip in another baffle

meatwad63 · 02/16/2014, 08:08 AM

I've just never seen a sump with baffles that go from top to bottom, and have 5 inches of space between them and the bottom. It seems the way it is setup now that it is just one big chamber?

meatwad63 · 02/16/2014, 10:24 AM

bump

02/14/2014, 04:55 PM	#1
meatwad63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 53	What kind of sump is this? What kind of sump is this? What is the best setup for it, and is it missing anything? https://www.dropbox.com/s/11ncclztyr...214_020447.jpg https://www.dropbox.com/s/s297j5hv3l...214_020434.jpg Last edited by meatwad63; 02/14/2014 at 05:04 PM. Reason: edit

02/15/2014, 06:24 AM	#10
atreis Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Yellow Springs, OH Posts: 942	Very peculiar design... Usually there's a baffle that water is forced to go up and over, creating at least one chamber with a stable water level for a skimmer. As it is, the baffles aren't doing much of anything. (That doesn't mean it can't be made to work though. It's just odd, and likely not as effective at removing micro bubbles.) __________________ reef tank up since 8/2009. Previous tank up since 4/2004, taken down in 2007. Current Tank Info: custom 100g reef, custom sump

02/15/2014, 01:48 PM	#13
atreis Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Yellow Springs, OH Posts: 942	No idea what the design is meant to accomplish. I'd put two partitions, one before each of the existing partitions, that go from the floor up to the desired water level, such that water has to go over them, then under the existing baffles. __________________ reef tank up since 8/2009. Previous tank up since 4/2004, taken down in 2007. Current Tank Info: custom 100g reef, custom sump

02/14/2014, 05:08 PM	#3
meatwad63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 53	You don't seem to have said anything?

02/14/2014, 06:30 PM	#4
meatwad63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 53	bump

02/14/2014, 08:28 PM	#5
jwilliams860 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 407	It looks like something custom built.you'd need more pics of what the interior looks like and where the baffles are.

02/14/2014, 08:39 PM	#6
meatwad63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 53	The RED is the baffles, the ORANGE is a grate type of thing, the BLUE is the water flow with arrows distinguishing intake(down) and return(up), and the GREEN is the operating water level marked on it. I would take more pictures, but it's at my other house at the moment. https://www.dropbox.com/s/8o8dqtx87dzwtku/diagram.jpg

02/14/2014, 09:41 PM	#7
meatwad63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 53	bump

02/14/2014, 11:13 PM	#8
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02/15/2014, 01:55 AM	#9
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02/15/2014, 01:00 PM	#12
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02/15/2014, 03:07 PM	#14
Windirmere Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Courteny BC Canada Posts: 452	Looks like a baffle in the return section is missing

02/15/2014, 03:09 PM	#15
Windirmere Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Courteny BC Canada Posts: 452	also looks like it was plummed to have a floating refugium

02/15/2014, 09:46 PM	#17
meatwad63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 53	Bump

02/15/2014, 11:04 PM	#18
john08007 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 307	Looks like there is at least one place near the return pump where you can slip in another baffle

02/16/2014, 08:08 AM	#19
meatwad63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 53	I've just never seen a sump with baffles that go from top to bottom, and have 5 inches of space between them and the bottom. It seems the way it is setup now that it is just one big chamber?

02/16/2014, 10:24 AM	#20
meatwad63 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 53	bump