Help!! building sump

I had a 20 tall and switched to the 20 long what measurements are you looking for the width of the tank the heights can depend on what you are doing. I put them up to keep my skimmer at 8 to 9 inches.

 

The width between panes of glass less 1/8 to 3/16 inch. You will want a fine file

 

The part on the left is a trickle filter. They're good for fish only type setups where nitrates don't really matter but they've been proven to be nitrate factories.

 

I have a similar setup, I have the 2 on the left and my skimmer in there then a refugium in the middle and only one on the right side. i will get you height measurements tonight. blackx-runner is correct on the width, you need the room for the silicone.

 

From left to right (my water enters the left) the fist baffle is from bottom up 9 inches, the next one going from top of tank to 2 inches from the bottom of tank is another 9 inches then a third baffle from the bottom of the tank only up about 4 inches. All 3 of these are about an inch apart. Then there is my refugium then a single 9 inch tall baffle from the bottom of the tank. that is all 4 of them. The skimmer and refugium water level is dictated by the last (right most) baffle. good luck.

 

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Is that an auto feeder right above your return pump? Very interesting idea.

 

yes I put the auto feeder there to feed a little twice a day. I find putting it there will Get it wet and not have it go through the overflow as quick, down side is the food going through the pump.

 

Very cool idea. And then if you do have anything accumulate in the return chamber it should be pretty easy to remove.

I have too much flow in my display for my feeding ring (flips over and moves around) so my auto feeder ends up dropping food on the surface and a lot ends up in the overflows. When I get my sump built out I may give this a try. Right now I'm just using a 100g stock tank with no baffles so it wouldn't work too well.

 

Melevs reef makes an acrylic autofeeder holder with a "chimney" that goes beneath water surface to prevent food from going into overflow. They work great regardless of your flow.