http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/ Information And Resources For Anyone Interested In Aquarium Fish, Saltwater Aquariums, Tropical Fish, Home Aquariums. Aquarium Care, Aquarium Equipment And Much More. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:21:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/comment-page-1/#comment-25883 John Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:23:13 +0000 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/#comment-25883 Hello Alan. Adding a sump to your system is a good idea - it gives some extra seawater volume and also somewhere for additional filtration, plus a place to put 'unnatural looking stuff' like heaters etc. As far as the ultraviolet sterilizer and calcium reactor are concerned only you can decide the actual physical location of the equipment itself, some equipment types can fit inside a sump but often they fit outside. The intakes and outlets can be placed in a sump. In my opinion it's best to place inlets to both the sterilizer and reactor after any initial filtration area that is incorporated in the sump, usually where this occurs the sump is partitioned. (A basic partitioned sump has three partitions, the first is for incoming seawater filtration, the second is an open area where there could be, for example, a deep sand bed, and the third contains the return pump.) This helps to ensure that the seawater delivered to the equipment is clean. The outlets from the equipment should go where the seawater is pumped back up to the display aquarium. Remember to use a pump that is suited to the UV steriliser, the correct flow rate ensures that any nasties are properly exposed to the UV radiation and thus either killed or damaged. Calcium reactors usually take some fiddling to achieve the correct rate of input to maintain the levels required. Hello Alan. Adding a sump to your system is a good idea – it gives some extra seawater volume and also somewhere for additional filtration, plus a place to put ‘unnatural looking stuff’ like heaters etc.
As far as the ultraviolet sterilizer and calcium reactor are concerned only you can decide the actual physical location of the equipment itself, some equipment types can fit inside a sump but often they fit outside. The intakes and outlets can be placed in a sump. In my opinion it’s best to place inlets to both the sterilizer and reactor after any initial filtration area that is incorporated in the sump, usually where this occurs the sump is partitioned. (A basic partitioned sump has three partitions, the first is for incoming seawater filtration, the second is an open area where there could be, for example, a deep sand bed, and the third contains the return pump.) This helps to ensure that the seawater delivered to the equipment is clean. The outlets from the equipment should go where the seawater is pumped back up to the display aquarium. Remember to use a pump that is suited to the UV steriliser, the correct flow rate ensures that any nasties are properly exposed to the UV radiation and thus either killed or damaged. Calcium reactors usually take some fiddling to achieve the correct rate of input to maintain the levels required.

]]> http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/comment-page-1/#comment-25880 alan marsh Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:42:53 +0000 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/#comment-25880 hi i am just starting to look at installing a sump for my marine tank which has been up and running for about a year , i have a V2 Vecton 200 ultraviolet water steralizer and a V2 react 600 calcium reactor with c/o2 system, how would I incorprerate this into a sump setup your help is greatfull hi i am just starting to look at installing a sump for my marine tank which has been up and running for about a year , i have a V2 Vecton 200 ultraviolet water steralizer and a V2 react 600 calcium reactor with c/o2 system, how would I incorprerate this into a sump setup your help is greatfull

]]> http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/comment-page-1/#comment-25573 John Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:34:25 +0000 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/#comment-25573 Thanks for that, appreciated. Thanks for that, appreciated.

]]> http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/comment-page-1/#comment-25571 Aquarium Sump Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:16:40 +0000 http://www.aquaristsonline.com/blog/aquarium-equipment/take-your-time-when-designing-your-sump/#comment-25571 Interesting article about aquarium sumps and needs. Good job! Interesting article about aquarium sumps and needs. Good job!

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