As some know by now, I am designing my new 180. I even made my first purchase for it.
I will be doing a 72 x 24 x24 with a stand and canopy. I am looking for some ideas for my guts.
I would like to open this up for pictures, dicussions, and debate what worked for you and what didn't.
I was thinking I would do a sump much like on Melev's page here
http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/f/sump_f.html
I was thinking I would do a 36 x 18 x18 sump. The H & S has a footprint of 9 x 16, so I was thinking I would have a 18 inch section for my skimmer, a 10 inch section for my refugium, which would leave a 8 inch section for my return which will be feeding a reeflo dart probably.
A couple questions: Sump in the middle with the Co2 tank and CA reactor on the left that could dissapate in the skimmer return, or sump all the way to the left with all the other equipment in the middle.
Here is a picture of my DIY sump on my 90 when I set it up in May.
I am open to as much help as you guys have to offer.
Thanks