Rawsreef
Active Member
Good morning everyone
I have been having some issues in my sump, mainly regarding my fuge.
I will be having some hands-on-tank time today. I wanted to take care of this properly.
I have a pro clear aquatic sump (“ultimate” is the model I believe).
the fuge section is about 11 in x 12.
One issue I am having is keeping my macro algae contained in the fuge chamber. All the algae wants to do is flow from the fuge into the next chamber, so it ends up getting stuck in my black baffle filter pads. I have both chaeto and ulva, the ulva is even worse than the chaeto since it came in small pieces.
I think the reason this is happening is because of the flow the fuge is getting. So, I cut a “lid” for the fuge out of clear acrylic with some holes on it, to help contain the macros in. Which does ok, for keeping it in place.. Now a few days later I’m thinking the lid may not be such a good idea. It floats up sometimes when I shut off my return pump. causing the ulva to go all over the sump. It’s even getting algae growth in the actual clear lid itself blocking light to the macros.
I was thinking of swapping my fuge and skimmer. Letting the skimmer sit in the fuge chamber and using the over sized first chamber as a fuge. Not sure this is a good idea because the only reason I can do this now, is I am running a reef octo 150SSS on a 200+g reef. Once I get a properly sized skimmer this setup won’t work.
Any alternatives / suggestions ?
I have been having some issues in my sump, mainly regarding my fuge.
I will be having some hands-on-tank time today. I wanted to take care of this properly.
I have a pro clear aquatic sump (“ultimate” is the model I believe).
the fuge section is about 11 in x 12.
One issue I am having is keeping my macro algae contained in the fuge chamber. All the algae wants to do is flow from the fuge into the next chamber, so it ends up getting stuck in my black baffle filter pads. I have both chaeto and ulva, the ulva is even worse than the chaeto since it came in small pieces.
I think the reason this is happening is because of the flow the fuge is getting. So, I cut a “lid” for the fuge out of clear acrylic with some holes on it, to help contain the macros in. Which does ok, for keeping it in place.. Now a few days later I’m thinking the lid may not be such a good idea. It floats up sometimes when I shut off my return pump. causing the ulva to go all over the sump. It’s even getting algae growth in the actual clear lid itself blocking light to the macros.
I was thinking of swapping my fuge and skimmer. Letting the skimmer sit in the fuge chamber and using the over sized first chamber as a fuge. Not sure this is a good idea because the only reason I can do this now, is I am running a reef octo 150SSS on a 200+g reef. Once I get a properly sized skimmer this setup won’t work.
Any alternatives / suggestions ?
