Hello everyone, new guy to the DIY forum here. My DIY skills are pretty low. Generally if it's not on a computer or electronic I can't fix it. So this will be fun!
I have a IM 25 AIO tank that is having some nutrient export issues. My plan is to have a small refugium above the tank where I can add a little upflow algae scrubber and have a place for pods and such to reproduce. Looking to do a similar concept as seen here.
My questions are:
1. How should I plumb this thing? So far I am thinking having water pumped up from the main tank with a gravity fed drain and then have a standpipe of some sort as an emergency drain.
2. Should the main drain go into the main part of the tank or the back? Does it even matter?
3. If I go with a 10 gal tank( I already have one in the garage) the tank would end up being about a foot above the main tank. What is the best way to pump the water up? Second return pump or upgrade my current return pump(sicce 1.5) to something bigger and then have it tee off some water goes up while the rest just goes back into the tank.
I have a IM 25 AIO tank that is having some nutrient export issues. My plan is to have a small refugium above the tank where I can add a little upflow algae scrubber and have a place for pods and such to reproduce. Looking to do a similar concept as seen here.
My questions are:
1. How should I plumb this thing? So far I am thinking having water pumped up from the main tank with a gravity fed drain and then have a standpipe of some sort as an emergency drain.
2. Should the main drain go into the main part of the tank or the back? Does it even matter?
3. If I go with a 10 gal tank( I already have one in the garage) the tank would end up being about a foot above the main tank. What is the best way to pump the water up? Second return pump or upgrade my current return pump(sicce 1.5) to something bigger and then have it tee off some water goes up while the rest just goes back into the tank.