hey bud, good to see ya still around, i was wondering how things were coming along with the 20. havent talked to ya since you brought me that sand.
to answer your question. if you are havign the sump and fuge in one, you wont really divide them from left to right, but rather from front to back. because you dont want as much flow through the fuge, as you do through the sump part. so you can divide it up so that your drain line splits in two. then havea ball valve on the portion flowing into the suge portion. that was you can limit flow into the fuge. everything else would flow into the sump portion.
you'll then have the fuge overflow into the sump portion. if you'll be putting a skimemr in it, it's gonna be close quarters, you may be limited to a hang on skimmer, and hang it on the sump. then you would have the fuge flow into the sump AFTER the skimemr intake.
however, it also depends what you plan to do with the fuge. if it will be for growing pods and other sand critters, then you'll want minimal flow through it. but if you are going to jsut use it for macroalge, for nutrient export, then i THINK you can have more flow through it. this woould also make it easier to setuyp the tank as well. because then you dont have to split it up as complicated, nor will you need to have separte lines into it.
basically you would have three sections, one for the tank to drain into, i would put the skimemr in this spot as well. then ext would be for the fuge section, and the last would be the smallest, and would hold the return pump, unless you are going with an external pump.
i guess a lot of it really depends on what you want to do with the fuge.
nice to see ya again!
to answer your question. if you are havign the sump and fuge in one, you wont really divide them from left to right, but rather from front to back. because you dont want as much flow through the fuge, as you do through the sump part. so you can divide it up so that your drain line splits in two. then havea ball valve on the portion flowing into the suge portion. that was you can limit flow into the fuge. everything else would flow into the sump portion.
you'll then have the fuge overflow into the sump portion. if you'll be putting a skimemr in it, it's gonna be close quarters, you may be limited to a hang on skimmer, and hang it on the sump. then you would have the fuge flow into the sump AFTER the skimemr intake.
however, it also depends what you plan to do with the fuge. if it will be for growing pods and other sand critters, then you'll want minimal flow through it. but if you are going to jsut use it for macroalge, for nutrient export, then i THINK you can have more flow through it. this woould also make it easier to setuyp the tank as well. because then you dont have to split it up as complicated, nor will you need to have separte lines into it.
basically you would have three sections, one for the tank to drain into, i would put the skimemr in this spot as well. then ext would be for the fuge section, and the last would be the smallest, and would hold the return pump, unless you are going with an external pump.
i guess a lot of it really depends on what you want to do with the fuge.
nice to see ya again!
