9 footer disaster

[richiev]

Will be fun!
But from personal experience, I would want more head height above the sump
Looks a bit tight from here
How will you clean the skimmer cup?

+1 tank looks awesome and sump looks tricky. Generally what will you do when the skimmer breaks or the floss roller breaks or you want to temporarily float a fish down there and it gets loose or a pump plumbing needs to be toyed with ...

Does look like a cool and very roomy sump, but looks like it might be difficult to work around when something goes wrong, without having to drain the entire sump.

Could you raise the stand a bit more and make the blocks under the sump shorter?

 

[JVU]

I would not be able to work with what looks to be a small space between the top of the sump tank and the stand above it.

You mentioned the fleece roller can only be added with the pulled sump out… which means it can only be removed or fixed or replaced or etc by draining the sump and removing all the lower plumbing and removing the sump from the stand? What about the skimmer? Same? Sorry to be negative but I don’t think that tall sump tank with limited headroom is going to lead to happiness long term.

 

[popper]

@JVU And @richiev both valid point and thank you.

I can remove the bottom board to slide the reefmat out but still wont be able to squeezr in a skimmer.

Time to look for a different sump. It'd been a year no rush. Besides i have more experience cutting acrylic to size and a better idea to place the baffles.

 

[Turkeysammich]

@JVU And @richiev both valid point and thank you.

I can remove the bottom board to slide the reefmat out but still wont be able to squeezr in a skimmer.

Time to look for a different sump. It'd been a year no rush. Besides i have more experience cutting acrylic to size and a better idea to place the baffles.

I have a low stand on my 320. I trimmed the alpha 300 skimmer cup by 1”. I didn’t notice anything in performance. Since then I removed the alpha and went with a octo 200int. It’s much smaller. You’ll figure it out. It’s a process. Can’t wait to see it filled.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

an option would be to run the skimmer in its own tank/sump
On its own pump and returns back to main sump
Might be aesthetically undesirable, but way easier to maintain

 

[Galoot]

If you need a skimmer large enough for that beast of a tank, I have an SRO-5000xp just collecting dust. I’ll make you a great deal on it.