making a sump/refugium and have a question
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I got mine cut at Edgewater glass. Called around and they were def the cheapest.
http://www.edgewaterglassinc.com/
http://www.edgewaterglassinc.com/
Pending flow and pressure (from water height differences) on the baffles acrylic bonded to glass with silicone may hold for a while, but I have read that it fails more often than not. Reefcheif curious how long have you been running your sump like that, as I wanted to use black acrylic myself but was talked out of it.
Here is a good link from an old pro on making custom sumps.
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/glass/
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/glass/
Ive been using the same sump for the past 2 years and have had no issues. I had to move 2 of the baffles a couple months ago to accomodate a bigger skimmer for the 180 build and i had a hell of a time getting them out. The trick is to cut the acrylic slightly bigger so it has to bend to go in and put the bend facing against the flow and glue the heck out if it. This way the pressure of the bend is puahing against the flow and the fliw is nit putting pressure in the baffle. If that makes sense. The hard part is keeping the baffles in place with the bend while they are drying. I used some legos, LOL.
That's what I did. I took an Amiracle400 and turned it into a sump/fuge. Acrylic is easy to work with I think.
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I had room to keep the Bio balls in one section, 1/2-3/4 of them stay submerged depending on water level, I figured if it was a nitrate factory...it was just being utilized by the macro algae. You wouldn't have space to do the balls/sump/fuge but you could probably easily do sump and fuge.
Google "turning wet/dry to refugium" ... plenty of info on it. Might save you a little $$ to put towards something else. If ya do it, I have plenty of acrylic weld you could borrow.
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I had room to keep the Bio balls in one section, 1/2-3/4 of them stay submerged depending on water level, I figured if it was a nitrate factory...it was just being utilized by the macro algae. You wouldn't have space to do the balls/sump/fuge but you could probably easily do sump and fuge.
Google "turning wet/dry to refugium" ... plenty of info on it. Might save you a little $$ to put towards something else. If ya do it, I have plenty of acrylic weld you could borrow.
I have a 40 breeder and used 1/2 thick acrylic as baffles. You want to make the acrylic about a 1/16" smaller than the inside width of the tank. Reason being acrylic swells and needs room to swell if there isn't room it will crack the glass tank. Silicone with 100% silicone on both sides of the baffle and there ya go.
Lowes was the winner. 7 bucks for the four baffles I needed.
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Do you think this would work as the light for my refugium/sump?
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Do you think this would work as the light for my refugium/sump?
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