Hi there,
I have recently had a catastrophic event claiming most of my livestock in a severe algae bloom. By the time I noticed it was happening, almost everything had already died. So I took the unfortunate incident as an opportunity to improve on my system and moved all survivors to QT tanks. One of the upgrades I am hoping to do is set up both my reactors (2 of them), possibly my skimmer and 36 watt UV sterilizer into a manifold to my return pump. Here is my plan and the main issue I have with it. I would upgrade my pump to be able to handle this as the flow would be reduced, get flow meters to ensure each piece of equipment was getting the right amount of flow. However at that point the reactors/skimmer/UV would flow back into the sump causing the water to recirculate over and over before some making it to the display tank. If I plumbed the returns back into the manifold given the decreased water pressure would the water just cause back pressure into the reactors reducing the intake even more? I feel I am probably over complicating this in my head but I really want to get this right, while reducing the amount of pump cords I need outlets for.
Any design ideas would really be appreciated! Room restrictions is really not an issue with this setup either.
I have recently had a catastrophic event claiming most of my livestock in a severe algae bloom. By the time I noticed it was happening, almost everything had already died. So I took the unfortunate incident as an opportunity to improve on my system and moved all survivors to QT tanks. One of the upgrades I am hoping to do is set up both my reactors (2 of them), possibly my skimmer and 36 watt UV sterilizer into a manifold to my return pump. Here is my plan and the main issue I have with it. I would upgrade my pump to be able to handle this as the flow would be reduced, get flow meters to ensure each piece of equipment was getting the right amount of flow. However at that point the reactors/skimmer/UV would flow back into the sump causing the water to recirculate over and over before some making it to the display tank. If I plumbed the returns back into the manifold given the decreased water pressure would the water just cause back pressure into the reactors reducing the intake even more? I feel I am probably over complicating this in my head but I really want to get this right, while reducing the amount of pump cords I need outlets for.
Any design ideas would really be appreciated! Room restrictions is really not an issue with this setup either.