Coral reefer
Past President
Hanna checker had phosphate at .1, so I replaced my gfo in the reactor.
On a side note, I've been wanting to put a couple holes through the floor and connect my 100 gal in the garage to this system. It would make my water changes much easier because my water storage is down in the garage and I can pump new water right into the sump rather than carrying 30-40 gallons upstairs and pouring it in. So I started working on a plan for where everything would go and such, and I had an idea.
I've always liked closed loops, and been unhappy with how much "wasted space" the two giant overflows take up in my 120. I don't run that much water through the sump, and only use one of the two return holes inside the overflows, so I was thinking of using the two holes inside one overflow to feed a closed loop pump. Also, I'd like the returns of the closed loop to be at the bottom, but I could just have them come over the back of the tank and not have to drill any holes. This would get me more flow with less powerheads in the tank. Has anyone ever done something similar? What do you guys think? Keeping the overflow around the holes would mean that only water in the overflow would spill if there was any problem with the bullheads, but I kind of want to take out the whole overflow part to save myself some space while I'm at it...
On a side note, I've been wanting to put a couple holes through the floor and connect my 100 gal in the garage to this system. It would make my water changes much easier because my water storage is down in the garage and I can pump new water right into the sump rather than carrying 30-40 gallons upstairs and pouring it in. So I started working on a plan for where everything would go and such, and I had an idea.
I've always liked closed loops, and been unhappy with how much "wasted space" the two giant overflows take up in my 120. I don't run that much water through the sump, and only use one of the two return holes inside the overflows, so I was thinking of using the two holes inside one overflow to feed a closed loop pump. Also, I'd like the returns of the closed loop to be at the bottom, but I could just have them come over the back of the tank and not have to drill any holes. This would get me more flow with less powerheads in the tank. Has anyone ever done something similar? What do you guys think? Keeping the overflow around the holes would mean that only water in the overflow would spill if there was any problem with the bullheads, but I kind of want to take out the whole overflow part to save myself some space while I'm at it...
