The center chamber IS the return. At this point, there is only like 5 inches of water in it. When it is running full, it will run at the baffle height of 11 inches. This is plenty o' room for the internal pump.
The right chamber is set REAL high right now to allow for the HOTskimmers. It is really stressing the acrylic. I'm already searching for a used Euroreef or something because this configuration, and the lack of skimming is going to kill me.
ok.. i was just asking because i have an issue with mine in that its small, and only holds about 4-5 gallons.. and if anything happens to your auto-topoff it can run dry very quickly...
i have this issue on occasion.. where you pump wont kick n right, it the line comes loose.. and with in a few hours (while im at work) the return section runs the risk of running fry and burning up the pump..
just thought i would mention it, because i didn't even think about it when setting mine up
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Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. I've actually put out an APB for a decent skimmer. If I get that soonest, I can reduce the baffle height on the far right, increase the baffle height on the center and run a few more gallons in there.
So Dave - may be a dumb question, but I'll ask it anyway. If any of your return pumps break down, can you hold the overflow volume in this sump? The volume left over in the middle portion doesn't look like much.....but I'm SURE you've probably taken this all into consideration. If so, I'd be interested in seeing how you've set that up! :-)
The display is just 26 gallons. To boot, the returns are now drilled. If my pump fails, I will get just 4 or 5 gallons sent to the sump. With the sump being a whopping 75 Gallons, there is no way in heck that it couldn't handle the overflow.
Yeah...know how that goes. In the end it's always good! Just got the first coat of paint (after waterproofing the entire room!) on in the aquarium technical room today. Stayed home from work today to work on my writing and got distracted and got a first layer of paint on (ssshhhh....don't tell anyone!). I've got to get my own little thread with my project going....hmmmm...
That is the original overflow for the Oceanic 75G. I simply placed a piece of glass and siliconed it in place. The water level is such that it will never get into the overflow...but...just in case
This is all just temporary. I may end up using the 75G again, that is why I left the overflow in there. This was just a 'fix' using all of the components I had laying around.
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