View Full Version : Wet/Dry Schematic.
Drumachine09
05-19-2007, 03:57 AM
I need to get started on my wet/dry here soon, and i was looking for plans, but all i can find are for custom built tanks. Could someone draw me up a schematic (ms paint is fine) for a wet dry design that would fit a 10 gallon?
cocoa_pleco
05-19-2007, 04:07 AM
Probably is no help, but i found this
http://www.thekrib.com/Filters/Sasala/wet-dry.html
Drumachine09
05-19-2007, 04:14 AM
Probably is no help, but i found this
http://www.thekrib.com/Filters/Sasala/wet-dry.html
Yeah, pretty much worthless. It doesnt tell you what to build anything out of, what sizes, and the like.
cocoa_pleco
05-19-2007, 04:31 AM
no idea then. darnit
unleashed
05-19-2007, 09:34 AM
there is no real point to have a sump on a 10g. I used to have a 30g for about 2 years without a sump.
Your best bet is lots of flow, LR, only one fish and a couple of corals with frequent water changes. You could also add a HOB refugium to add greater water volume and natural food to your tank.
Drumachine09
05-19-2007, 02:41 PM
there is no real point to have a sump on a 10g. I used to have a 30g for about 2 years without a sump.
Your best bet is lots of flow, LR, only one fish and a couple of corals with frequent water changes. You could also add a HOB refugium to add greater water volume and natural food to your tank.
Its going to be a wet dry filter, partialy so i dont have to have a filter hanging in the tank, and a place to put heaters.
Anyone got any ideas?
unleashed
05-19-2007, 09:22 PM
See here (http://www.marinedepot.com/aquarium_miscellaneous__index.asp?CartId=) for marine filtration systems.
Not sure its what you want, but might give you some ideas
Drumachine09
05-19-2007, 10:08 PM
Alright, i drew up a paint thing.
The wet/dry will be going under the tank btw.
Darkblue=tubing
lightblue=glass/plexiglass
grey-egcrate
assorted dots= scrubby sponges (filter media)
Do you think this would work?
cocoa_pleco
05-20-2007, 12:59 AM
wheres the paint thing??
Drumachine09
05-20-2007, 01:10 AM
wheres the paint thing??
Ooops, guess it was to big. I photobucketed it.
http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t257/drumachine09/?action=view¤t=wetdry.jpg
...something's not quite right...
Drumachine09
05-20-2007, 01:20 AM
...something's not quite right...
....and?????
I don't fully understand everything about sumps...but I was researching them along with marine tanks...not so much that I want one...but I want to understand how it all works...here's one reply I got to my initial 'how to sump' question...
Sump design isnt science. It really comes down to what you want to accomplish in your sump that dictates what your design will be like.
there are some main components as far as I can tell. Im by no means a pro!!! There are numerous ways to set a sump up, this is only a guideline!
1st chamber: where waste water comes in from your overflow. You want it to be sealed so the water cannot splash out/air bubbles cause massive salt creep.
bubble trap: a series of vertical obsticals that force the water to follow a given route and allow more time for bubbles to escape from the water column.
Second & Third chamber: some sort of an equipment chamber (calc reactor, protein skimmer, heater, probes, etc) or refugium to put live rock into and allow macroalgae to grow and remove nutrients from your system. Some people also house delicate species of fish in the refugium since it harbors microfauna on which they can feed.
Bubble trap: to remove any lingering bubbles from the system before the water reaches the area where the return pump draws its water from.
There are all kinds of extra's you can add on:
effluent boxes: collect the water expelled from a calcium reactor, ozone unit, etc and have a location for a probe to test the effluent before it is released into the sump water.
Probe holders: self explanitory... holds all the probes (pH, temp, ORP, Salin, etc.) which usually return to some type of a display unit or controller.
Heater mounts, water top up float brackets, bulkheads to feed other devices external from the sump.
Esentially a sump is good since it increases your systems total water volume, creates an easily accesible area in which to add filter media, and allows for a safe haven for sick/delicate fish/coral/invert species.
Drumachine09
05-20-2007, 01:35 AM
I dont have any thing speciel, IE, skimmers or reactors to put in it. All i have is heaters, whichi can put in the first part. The scrubby sponges will serve as the filter media. What you were looking at was a sump, which is a place to put all of your kimmers and such in. This is a wet/dry (trickle) filter. Its used as a filter. a little difference that makes a big difference.
...and I continue to learn...
...I thought they were the same thing, for all intents and purposes...
Drumachine09
05-20-2007, 01:52 AM
...and I continue to learn...
...I thought they were the same thing, for all intents and purposes...
The wet/dry is a spinoff, if you will, of the sump.
...okay...so you won't need this either...LOL...but I went to find it...someone posted it for me...so now I'm posting it for you...keep it for future reference if you find it at all useful...
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q152/Rue_album/sump.jpg
Drumachine09
05-20-2007, 02:04 AM
...okay...so you won't need this either...LOL...but I went to find it...someone posted it for me...so now I'm posting it for you...keep it for future reference if you find it at all useful...
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q152/Rue_album/sump.jpg
It'd be kinda hard to cram that all into a ten gallon, lol. If i had a tank that big with a splash guard, i would rip all the junk out and use it as an aquarium.
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