Basic Sump / Refuge

[One Salty Dog]

I am posting this so people who are new to the hobby or sump / Refuges and closed loop systems will have a simple visual example of the intended idea.




Rob

[mike536]

OSD
Just wondering what the little red circles were before and after the pumps and on the return where the water gets split on the way back up to the aquarium?
Mike

[One Salty Dog]

Flow control / shut off valves. You need them if you need to remove the pumps and to control flow on the return to control water going to the refuge.
rob

[ReefVan]

Nice visual aid Rob... I think that's a great way to initiate some of the newer people to these concepts...

A picture is worth a 1000 words... :thumb:

[One Salty Dog]

Thanks Van .. I get a lot of messages and mail about this stuff as I am sure you guys do. So I figured I would just quickly draw something up for everyone who is new.
Rob

[mike536]

I know that i'm going to use it. It's kind of hard to visualize some of the stuff that all the "pro's" are talking about but that really helped!!!!

Thanks Alot,

Mike

[tang_man_montreal]

That's a really good visual help for everyone...

I'm gonna make it a STICKY.

[pwall]

Excellent diagram.
I've definitely saved a copy of that picture for future reference.

[mike536]

Yep I'll be using that pic come January. CAN'T WAIT!!!

Thanks,
Mike

[DC22]

Hey Rob,
Thanks a million for your help today, if anyone needs their tanks drilled Rob's your guy! Also, thanks for the visual aid on the sump/refuge.....you've definately pointed me in the right direction today. Thanks again. :biggrinbo

ps. your tank looks even better in person and I thought the pictures were amazing!