biocube,Frag tank,refugium all in one system

[pepper815]

in the bio cube 14 if i wanted to take the return pump in chamber 3 and take water from the cube and run it into a 20 gallon long frag tank i want to set up and the a refugium and the back into the cube and run it all as one system is that possible?

[Geoff]

you could, but i doubt with the way you are thinking. at some point you will need an overflow. either from the biocube into the fuge/frag tank or vice versa. you can not pump from one then pump back from the other. it is impossible to match pump rates. one entity has to be pumped into while gravity then removes the water back to the other.

G~

[pepper815]

that is what i needed 2 know thank u ....anymore suggestions

[OneDummHikk]

What is the bottom and the back of the biocube? I think they are plastic but I don't remember. If they are plastic then you could simply drill two bulkheads. One for the drain to get to the sump, the return would come back through the other. Simply use the first chamber for the drain/return. The center chamber in the bio8 would be empty, the water would run through into the third and back into the tank.

[pepper815]

well its already full of sand rock some fish and coral and stuff
look at my othe diy post and look at the vid

[OneDummHikk]

Get two 18gallon totes from Walmart, empty the tank in 10 minutes (being lenient), drill two holes, install the bulkheads, flip the tank back over. It won't hurt anything in the tank to be in a holding tank for a day or two while you "upgrade" the setup. Whether you can drill it and how hard it would be depends on what the bottom and the back of the tank are made of. Whether they are glass, acrylic, or some kind of composite material will tell you if you can drill it or not. If you drill it, it makes life so much easier running it into a sump instead of having to have an overflow box.

[pepper815]

4 the info but im doing this 2 a bio cube 14 would that still work

[OneDummHikk]

Originally Posted by OneDummHikk

Whether they are glass, acrylic, or some kind of composite material will tell you if you can drill it or not. If you drill it, it makes life so much easier running it into a sump instead of having to have an overflow box.

Originally Posted by pepper815

4 the info but im doing this 2 a bio cube 14 would that still work

What matters is what the tank is made out of.

And thank you for taking the extra few seconds next time to spell out words properly instead of trying to send a text message. It doesn't take that long and makes it a LOT easier to read and understand what you are saying.

[pepper815]

i cant type so i try to get it done quick