Sump design

 Hi t

I suggest you visit www.reefland.com,  a forum for reefers . Search the archive and you'll find lots of designs and ideas. If you wanna throw some queries you'll receive lots of good responses esp from Ninong. 

I've been out of the addiction for a few years and i miss  the nightmares

just curious... do you have reef or fish only?

Qtips at present only fish, cant have a reef tank without Metal Halide lights

Vegas the lights could cost some where between US$400 to 500

hmm

I have just moved my house my sump broke so at present i am doing the setup

not sure what to go for

hmm

yeah I'm new :D

thank you


*blushing*

i will see you later man :/
 

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...addicted to reef keeping! hahaha

i'm thinking of setting up a new tank but will keep non-photosynthetic corals, like dendronephthya, it's more difficult to care for so i'm still researching.

Qtips where will you make your sump know any place

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whats there near your home darude

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lol darude i want a sump for my aquarium

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have you checked the shop which is near cleopetra travels or the shop in al nasser street or the animal market or thursday friday market or hmm where else.
 

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I did but not expert in Marine

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Qtips if you give the design n measurement to any glass shop they will do it

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ahh... still can't trust the shops who won't replace the tank if they accidentally break it :(

one sitting in dubai other in doha and making sump in air lol
 

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i quit when i left my home country, i had to sell the WHOLE setup *boohoohooooo*

somebody from reefland.com said my tank defies the norm. hehehe

lol defies the norm

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That would be cool thanks i also have a tiny one its only 50 G
How can we meet

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I have enough space below the tank

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Qtips,

in europe we have either ready made units, usually consisting of 1 optical sensor, 1 low sensor to protect sump pump and 1 alarm sensor for over flow.
The actual pump that adds the fresh water is one 12V pump, found as camping or boat accessory. All you need is a 12V supply and a sensor that is capable of driving the pump.

My sump designs usually have one chamber for the top off water, connected via a U-pipe that reaches over the dividing wall in to the sump chamber. Just make sure the U-pipe does not go down very far, or you will syphon all the fresh water out of the chamber after the first activation of the pump. It will just keep flowing until there is no water left :-)... a small hole drilled in the pipe can do the trick too, air will be sucked in once the pump stops and the flow will come to a end.

I wish I could get a dosing pump here in Doha... the ones for pools are just way to expensive... but that is another story and I would love to use it for my lime water.

Marc

.Can I have it alive?

Pleaseeee...

"It's mine...my precious....the ring it's mine...."
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Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.

Well ordering online is always the thing here in Qatar... I did it with a lot of things.
But my patience is limited when it comes to new "toys"... when I want it, then I want on the spot :-).

There is two types of dosing pumps, peristaltic hose pumps and piston pumps.
In hospitals they have both, the peristaltic ones where the hose is fed through the system for blood "filtering" etc. . The piston one are like the ones that can take a syringe. Both are very expensive when it comes to medial systems.
I have not seen any second hand medical equipment for sale !

But never the less I could ask my medical supplier if he has a cheap chinese version or so...

A small peristaltic head usually costs around 75QR, plus a small controller... so I might order at one point a couple go in to business with them in Qatar !

Do you need one ?