Innovative marine 30l BLACK build!

[Chris oliveria]

Sump is finished. Plumbing is all glued. Installed a vent fan and the auto top off with an auto shut off float. Time to cycle!

 

[samnaz]

It looks incredible! And thats the same exact ATO I got but slightly smaller!

 

[z0mbeh]

Everything looks great, excellent job!

 

[calvo15290]

Looking good! Can't wait to see the progress !

 

[FisGuy1154]

Oops lol new to this.

What is the red bottom in the tank and what pupose does it serve?

 

[Chris oliveria]

What is the red bottom in the tank and what pupose does it serve?

Just looks good. No purpose at all

 

[Chris oliveria]

Got everything cycled and tranfered! Got some acrylic filter cups instead of socks and the refugium is kickin butt. The skimmer is broke in and doin work as well. All is perfect.

 

[samnaz]

Looks fantastic, how you likin the cups? Are you filling them with floss?

 

[samnaz]

And what’s your IG name so we can follow?

 

[Chris oliveria]

Looks fantastic, how you likin the cups? Are you filling them with floss?

Yep I'm filling them with floss. I like them much better than socks for sure. My Instagram is @ polyp_puddle

 

[finding paulo]

what in the worldddddd?! SEEEEESH

Yo chris... you a black belt in aquarium fish!

Im straight coming back into the hobby bc of this thread.. also following along on IG.

I think i'd like to do something similar .. couple questions if you dont mind.

1. Do you like the external overflow? thinking about doing an internal but wanted to know your thoughts.

2. on your sump. from left to right..obviously #1chamber is a return #1 but where you skimmer is, is that return#2 and where you refugium is, im guessing thats the emergency?

3. whats your plans on the second manifold??

4. would you do anything different from you set up? anything you learned??

Much appreciated bro. Heres a pic of my all in one 20 that i had to fold but dang looking like 30 long is the way to go ..

 

[Chris oliveria]

what in the worldddddd?! SEEEEESH

Yo chris... you a black belt in aquarium fish!

Im straight coming back into the hobby bc of this thread.. also following along on IG.

I think i'd like to do something similar .. couple questions if you dont mind.

1. Do you like the external overflow? thinking about doing an internal but wanted to know your thoughts.

2. on your sump. from left to right..obviously #1chamber is a return #1 but where you skimmer is, is that return#2 and where you refugium is, im guessing thats the emergency?

3. whats your plans on the second manifold??

4. would you do anything different from you set up? anything you learned??

Much appreciated bro. Heres a pic of my all in one 20 that i had to fold but dang looking like 30 long is the way to go ..

Wow thanks for the kind words!

Ok first off, the return is actually the last chamber on the RIGHT side of my sump. I'm using a 3 holed "eshopps eclipse L" overflow that I've drilled myself. My 30 long isn't an all in one version nor the ext version so that was what I opted for.
My return on the right goes straight up to my return on the right side of my tank but before that t's off to the left, to my manifolds, then on to the left return of the display.
The left side is the main siphon drain (chamber 1/left) the secondary drain is the line going down to the skimmer chamber, and you are very correct, the refugium return is the emergency.
I currently have no plans for the second manifold at all. It's really just there if I ever need to add a reactor of some sort.
As for doing anything different, I don't think I would.. I thought this setup out very well and it's basically set up for success.. Time will tell lol. I've learned a lot over the years and I've applied everything I possibly know to this go around. Any other questions I'd be happy to answer. Thanks again!

 

[Dsnakes]

Very clean build. Nice job!

 

[Chris oliveria]

Thank you.

 

[Chris oliveria]

Very clean build. Nice job!

Thank you!

 

[samnaz]

I’m curious why the filter sock and skimmer have their own chambers as opposed to sharing one? Just wondering cause I have both in the first chamber, but I’m still in the planning stage...

Also is there just one reactor for carbon? I see two in some pics.

One more question, got a pic of the internal plumbing inside the overflow?

 

[Chris oliveria]

I’m curious why the filter sock and skimmer have their own chambers as opposed to sharing one? Just wondering cause I have both in the first chamber, but I’m still in the planning stage...

Also is there just one reactor for carbon? I see two in some pics.

One more question, got a pic of the internal plumbing inside the overflow?

That's just the way the baffle kit was set up. Technically they do share the same chamber because the baffle separating the 2 is full of large slits, I think it's just structural integrity for the sock holder bracket. The reactors are very small. I can use one for carbon and one for gfo but I am currently using just one of them with both carbon and gfo mixed. My tank is still new so I will separate the 2 into their own reactors once my tank grows to the demand for that. I don't have a pic currently of the over flow internals. Unfortunately now that the tank is full of water and against the wall I cannot get one either. It's just your standard Herbie 3 drain overflow design though. Hope this helps!

 

[finding paulo]

Ahh I meant the drain not return.. thanks for the info man... I’m really about to spend thousands bc of how amazing of a job you did. Seriously f awesome bro.

 

[Chris oliveria]

Ahh I meant the drain not return.. thanks for the info man... I’m really about to spend thousands bc of how amazing of a job you did. Seriously f awesome bro.

Thank you.

 

[arturoo1977]

WOW That is a hole science high tech lab! with an aquarium attached.... Beautiful setup!! Im really impressed