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SUMP design

Started by Guest_winniemagic_* , May 23 2012 04:10 PM

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#1 Guest_winniemagic_*

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 04:10 PM

Hi everyone,

Just figured out how to use google sketchup. Made a sump design. Was wondering what you guys thought of it.

Water flows from tank using a Herbie overflow>> 1in bulkhead into sump >>through 2 filter socks>> onto a drip tray and into bioballs>> to return pump

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#2 Guest_EricaWieser_*

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Posted 23 May 2012 - 07:10 PM

I think there's no reason for all those walls. Just fill the box with growing plant tissue and voila! maximized nitrogen sequestration.

Read this for more information: http://theaquariumwi...al_Filtration http://theaquariumwi...ical_Filtration

Edited by EricaWieser, 23 May 2012 - 07:13 PM.

#3 Guest_winniemagic_*

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 01:13 PM

The tank itself will be heavily planted. This is to add extra mechanical and biological filtration. The primary reason for the walls would be to keep operating volume lower; so, in the event of a power failure the sump will not overflow.

#4 Guest_EricaWieser_*

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Posted 24 May 2012 - 03:55 PM

This is to add extra...biological filtration.

Nitrosomonas bacteria (who eat ammonia) compete with plants (who eat ammonium, which is in equilibrium with ammonia) for food. The two are in direct competition for a limited amount of food. They are not friends. If one eats the other doesn't.

Edited by EricaWieser, 24 May 2012 - 03:56 PM.