My way is easiest than Shane�s: My refugium is at the same level than the sump. With a 1 1/2 pvc pipe i connected the refugium to the sump in a place in which the water is first delivered from the tank and later falls into a chamber where the bioballs were before. This part of the sump has water at a very high level, almost the top of the sump, so the refugium and that part of the sump has the water level the same. This will connect the water from the sump and refugium and, because they have the same level there is no risk of overflooding. Later i connected a power head in the refugium to take the outflow to the "bioball" section in the sump. This is the safest way to do this because the 1 1/2 pvc pipe will only deliver the amount of water that the power head takes out from the refugium, no more. If lights go out the powerhead will stop working and the pvc tube won�t work too. Once the lights are back, the power head starts working again and so does the pvc tube. Hope i was clear enough to explain myself. I can give you some pics if you want to.
-----Original Message----- From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Martes, 09 de Octubre de 2001 11:24 a.m. To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Sand from Home Depot Rick, The easiest way to do it, is have a refugium that is higher than the sump. Then, you drill a hole in the refugium (above the sump), install a bulkhead and run a pipe from that bulkhead down into the sump. Then, use a powerhead to pump water from your sump into your refugium. Is what will happen is the powerhead will fill the refugium which will overflow through the bulkhead, down the pipe into the sump. Easy money! You may want to drill a second hole as high, or higher if you can, and install a second BH and plumb it as well. This can be used for a back up incase your first one gets plugged for any strange reason. Hope this helps! Shane C. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 10:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Sand from Home Depot > > Shane, > Yeah there is a lifereef sump under the tank about 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 feet with > compartments ( chemical cartriges, protein skimmer fittings, etc.) How do > you plumb the refugium into the sump? Powerhead into the refugium? > That's what I have a problem visualizing. Thanks, > Rick ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ================ To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE -------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ LEAVING THE LIST ===============To stop receiving messages you will need to send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a command to remove you from the list. The list manager controls who belongs to the list. For example: -------------------------------------------------------------- From: John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: <not needed> UNSUBSCRIBE --------------------------------------------------------------
