Dual Mantis tank - Page 2

**Seahorsedreams** · 11-17-2006, 10:17 AM

Did you have the sump at floor level David?

**JustDavidP** · 11-17-2006, 10:18 AM

Yep...

**JustDavidP** · 11-17-2006, 10:19 AM

You type faster than me!!!

**Seahorsedreams** · 11-17-2006, 10:23 AM

I have no shame in pushing these animals. David, I love this guy more than the seahorses..... yes that's right. Don't have a heart attack. I think I would keep him over all of my lions and the reef... seriously. Now, he may have a little competition when the Imperorer angel gets here..... but I don't know.

**Seahorsedreams** · 11-17-2006, 10:25 AM

Come on now! You should be typing faster than me! I haven't had any coffee yet!

That's a nice little setup you have there. Ya wanna describe it for me a little?

**JustDavidP** · 11-17-2006, 10:35 AM

It's my standard "Sump-fugium" design that I use and make for others. The overflow gets split and controlled with a ball valve, letting water fall left (skimmer chamber - Euroreef 5-3) and right (fuge). Both extreme chambers overflow into the center (refugium by way of spillway, skimmer chamber by way of baffle track) into the center chamber which, in this case, housed a Mag 7 return pump and a Kent float valve that controlled my gravity fed, auto top off. The lighting for the fuge was the good ol' Lights of America Power Compact system. I also kept the heater in the sump with another "emergency" heater in the display, behind the rock work. It was set 3 degrees lower than the sump (prime) heater.

**JustDavidP** · 11-17-2006, 10:37 AM

It's the same design/concept I used for "Sump-zilla" my 75G sump and refugium set up.

**JustDavidP** · 11-17-2006, 10:38 AM

**Seahorsedreams** · 11-17-2006, 10:44 AM

O.O

Now that's impressive and well thougth out. You'll have to help up with the sump for the 100.... it was originally for the 240g but we want to rework it for the 100.

saxman · 11-17-2006, 10:49 AM

Dave,

the fuge on this tank is pretty small...just a home-rolled 10 gal. i think we're just planning on LR and macro in it...no LS, but we'll see. it has a corner inflow baffle and just a simple single baffle to the pump bay. we wrestled with the idea of whether we needed the space a bubble trap takes up and opted for more fuge space...hopefully if it's stacked right with LR, we can pull it off.

i second Renee's opinion...if anyone has ever considered keeping a stomatopod, peacocks are VERY entertaining as well as interactive. our other mantis species are very cool, but the peacock is "the one".

**Seahorsedreams** · 11-17-2006, 10:51 AM

See? He was at work while I was typing that he would soon be over here! Knew he'd come sniffing around.

**JustDavidP** · 11-17-2006, 10:52 AM

YAYYYYYYY

Good morning Mr. Greg..and welcome to my home!

I've used rubble as bubble traps before! Me and a buddy just worked on yet another sump that was simply a "tank". The new owner was going to use LR as baffles too. You are right.. if done properly, you can pull it off.

Dave

saxman · 11-17-2006, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seahorsedreams

See? He was at work while I was typing that he would soon be over here! Knew he'd come sniffing around.

hey...don't i know you from someplace? once upon a reef, perhaps?

**Seahorsedreams** · 11-17-2006, 10:57 AM

Oh Lord! There goes the neighbourhood!

**JustDavidP** · 11-17-2006, 11:16 AM

neighbourhood?? Boy...you can drag the girl around the US and eventually to Cali...but can't get the Canadian spelling out of her eh?

**Seahorsedreams** · 11-19-2006, 02:09 PM

I couldn't stand the unecessary head loss. So I bit the bullet and have saw dust flying on a Sunday morning.

This is the height before

Pics of the "after" hopefully here in a bit... where's my drill...

**Seahorsedreams** · 11-19-2006, 02:10 PM

LOL... I found the drill...... with help from the pic above!