3 part sump/fuge help

AForys

AForys

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OK I have a 3 compartment sump/fuge, on left side I have the intake from the overflow(sock) and I belive this is where the skimmer will go? In the middle is a fuge with sand/rock/macro and lastly is the return pump going back into tank. Does this sound correct? With the skimmer being in same chamber as the intake? Thanks for the help guys!
 
it depends on how the baffles are set up. some baffles set up so the return pump goes to the middle section, and the refugium and skimmer to either side. take a clear pic, so we can see how baffles are set up and we can let you know.
 
So my sump is not the usual set up its a forty breeder and one baffel to make the fuge on one side of the sump my drain tees off with gate valves to control flow to the fuge and sump my skimmer is on other side of sump and return pump in middle . My ato keeps water level constnt enough for the skimmer what i like about tgis set up which i didnt make btw came like this is i can turn off refugium and tank will still run while i do fuge work as if the fuge was center you cant do this . Now ive seen thing go bad by haveing fuge in center and then people messing and stiring stuff up then haveing to turn it back on so the sump is working . So being able to turn off fuge part and still have a sump and skimmer working is a huge advantage and wont ever run a fuge any other way . That being said plenty people run fuges in middle no issues but ive seen few have issues so really up to u and skimmer placement really depends on what water level works best for it vut usually good idea to have it by the over flow lines to get the gunk out before hits fuge so less build up in fuge
 
That sounds like a good way to have fuge, I'm basically going to have the fuge for pod population. So eventually once the population is big enough I just plan on running my hand in there disturbing the macro etc. To release to tank. As of now I don't plan nothing fancy just cheato and ulva. Although, I do like the idea of the bigger fuge and a display fuge. But for now my 20L sump will do for my 40b nano reef! Thanks for your input buddy.
 
madjoe said:
So my sump is not the usual set up its a forty breeder and one baffel to make the fuge on one side of the sump my drain tees off with gate valves to control flow to the fuge and sump my skimmer is on other side of sump and return pump in middle . My ato keeps water level constnt enough for the skimmer what i like about tgis set up which i didnt make btw came like this is i can turn off refugium and tank will still run while i do fuge work as if the fuge was center you cant do this . Now ive seen thing go bad by haveing fuge in center and then people messing and stiring stuff up then haveing to turn it back on so the sump is working . So being able to turn off fuge part and still have a sump and skimmer working is a huge advantage and wont ever run a fuge any other way . That being said plenty people run fuges in middle no issues but ive seen few have issues so really up to u and skimmer placement really depends on what water level works best for it vut usually good idea to have it by the over flow lines to get the gunk out before hits fuge so less build up in fuge
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That's a brilliant idea for a fuge. U can really have control over that section. Even turn it in to a frag section of need b
 
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