Hello, puffer keepers here.

My wife and I have a 20g freshwater with a figure 8 puffer and a 30gT brackish(1.016)(soon to be SW)with a Green potted puffer, He doesn't like any other fish so far. We are working on getting/setting up for a 75 with corner overflow and I believe it to be a 15g sump working all the specifics out with our LFS. My wife wants clownfish and we haven't figured out the rest yet. using this site to do a bunch of research before purchasing.


Any suggestions on the sump setup will be appreciated. The pump is a danner 1200.

Glad to have found this site.

 

Welcome to 3reef, pufferkeepers!!

 

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Thanks ya'll.

Awesome resource we have here.

 

Welcome aboard. I also got my start in brackish tanks. I still get an itch for my old brackish tank and am thinking of setting one up again.

I've got a similar set-up to the one your considering, 75 gal corner overflow with a 20 gal. long sump. I think the danner 1200(mag 12 eq) maybe too much pump 1200 gal. per hour for your overflow(600-650 gph). It's do-able with a ball valve to cut back flow but will eat a lot of un-needed electricity. If you like the mag(danner) pumps I think a 7 or 9.5 would be a better (cheaper) pick. I run a quiet one 4000 on my set-up and have to cut the flow back a little. Eheim 1260 or ocean-runner 3500 are another good, higher end pumps you can also check out.

Good luck with whatever you choose!!!;D

 

its a package deal from the LFS 75g, stand, pump, hoses, it is a modified corner overflow not the ones with the "teeth" just a siliconed piece of glass at an angle. Hoses are set up with valves and three returns off of the one pump. We have a "free" 135 waiting (1200 miles away) for when i get a bigger truck or u-haul to bring it to the house. So I can swap the pump over if it proves to be too much.

We were thrust into a brackish tank when we bought the puffer, then researched, lil backwards. The GSP got ill and ick which we(the wife) ended up swapping him in and out of holding tanks every 8hrs for 5or so days while raising his salinity. He is better now and swimming around happy as can be.

Thanks again.

Looking at sump/refugiums and if the 15g will be big enough.

 

I have noticed that most people will run a fuge about half the DT size or larger. Of course sometimes it's not realistic to go that large. I have a 10G that I am making for my 20G, but I can't see making a 75G fuge for my 150G. I would think that 15-30G for your 75 would be nice. I would just make sure you have enough room for your equipment if you are running submerged pumps. If you are going fuge only, make sure you don't have too much flow through that. Welcome and best of luck.

 

20 gallon "long" tank would be perfect for under a 75

 

Thanks tiger, right now its a flex hose going straight to the sump. Later I am going to hard plumb in a T and valve to go to the future Fuge.

Well Pack, I think I now have a setup you would like because it came with a 20 long haha.

Right now I am working on designing the sump as in baffles/bubble wall for minimal amount of bubbles, getting to the pump which is a danner 1200. I believe its a pond pump. Oh well should work. Also my LFS owner suggested if I made a fuge to have it offset and elevated so the drain from it would just be gravity fed to the sump.

Still looking at T-5 light set ups and protein skimmers. I like the simplicity of Marinelands skimmer, just waiting to read more reviews on it.

Thanks and any input or advice is appreciated.

 

For lighting, depending on the depth of the tank and what you want to put in it, will really be the catalyst of what you should use. Tanks more than 25-30" deep should use MH as they have the most penetrating intensity.
Having a fuge drain via gravity into a sump is great since you can control in the intake flow easily with a ball valve and not have to worry about return rate. It is hard to design a stand within the main stand that will be able to handle the weight of a fuge though.
As for the skimmer, definitely don't go cheap and easy on that piece of the puzzle. If they are cheap, you get what you pay for. If it's too easy to maintain, it probably doesn't skim well. Everything comes at a price. For in-sump use, AquaC is very popular and works really well.