Sump Design

[eben]

I am planning my new sump and have the following in mind. Any critisism, suggestions and advice are welcome. (all mesurrements in mm)

 

[lapin]

How will the water flow to each chamber (excluding the ato)?
Do you have some sort of bubble trap ?

 

[eben]

Water would flow from 1st inlet chamber, skimmer chamber, refugium and then return

 

[lapin]

So the water will go over the skimmer and fuge partitions. Then under the return baffle to force the bubbles to pop.

 

[JoshH]

Personally I would remove the ATO portion all together and look for something that can either be stored outside the stand or in some other fashion within the stand. It chews up a lot of valuable real estate in the sump.

 

[eben]

How will the water flow to each chamber (excluding the ato)?
Do you have some sort of bubble trap ?

It will go over the first wall, under the second, over the third and under the last into the return

 

[eben]

Personally I would remove the ATO portion all together and look for something that can either be stored outside the stand or in some other fashion within the stand. It chews up a lot of valuable real estate in the sump.

Won't have space in the cabinet for something else, and I would try to stay away from having a container standing outside the cabinet. Not sure what other options I have

 

[JoshH]

Won't have space in the cabinet for something else, and I would try to stay away from having a container standing outside the cabinet. Not sure what other options I have

Do you have any pictures of the cabinet? And containers can be hidden VERY well outside the cabinets, some use decorative tall vases as ATO containers.

 

[eben]

Do you have any pictures of the cabinet? And containers can be hidden VERY well outside the cabinets, some use decorative tall vases as ATO containers.

The cabinet inside dimensions will be 500 x 568 x 550