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So, this weekend we had a 9 hour power outage in my hood. Luckily, I was home when it happened and I broke siphon on my sump intake and return line to avoid overflowing the sump and losing water. This got me thinking about a way to avoid this. What I did was install a different return on my sump. Instead of a submerged spray bar, I got a single outlet return nozzle and mounted it just above the water line so if I do lose power, the return line will not reverse flow, it will break siphon by pulling in air. That was one problem solved. I then adjusted my overflow box skimmer to break siphon before the sump overflows. I tested it yesterday and all was good.
Now for the sponge filter part. My AC110 HOB will start right back up without issue even if I am not there. My Sump, however, will not. It will run until it pumps out the water in the sump and then be useless. So, I decided to get some sponge filters as a redundant filtration system. This way, if everything cuts out and comes back on, I will still have sufficient filtration for my precious F1 Mpimbwe Frontosa (Jukiaaaa's). I picked up two of the MEGA SPONGE FILTAAARS from Aquarist world. These bad boys are about 9" in diameter and about 9" tall. I have a big Whisper air pump and a gang valve (with stop check valves) to complete the system. I will hook them up when I get home today and take some pictures. The cool thing is, these are all black (unlike the ATI with their white bases) and I have black air line tubing, so it will all kind of mesh with my tank background.
You can never have enough filtration, but with a sump, if you aren't there to restart the siphon, you have no filtration. So, I think this i s a good addition to my set up.
Now for the sponge filter part. My AC110 HOB will start right back up without issue even if I am not there. My Sump, however, will not. It will run until it pumps out the water in the sump and then be useless. So, I decided to get some sponge filters as a redundant filtration system. This way, if everything cuts out and comes back on, I will still have sufficient filtration for my precious F1 Mpimbwe Frontosa (Jukiaaaa's). I picked up two of the MEGA SPONGE FILTAAARS from Aquarist world. These bad boys are about 9" in diameter and about 9" tall. I have a big Whisper air pump and a gang valve (with stop check valves) to complete the system. I will hook them up when I get home today and take some pictures. The cool thing is, these are all black (unlike the ATI with their white bases) and I have black air line tubing, so it will all kind of mesh with my tank background.
You can never have enough filtration, but with a sump, if you aren't there to restart the siphon, you have no filtration. So, I think this i s a good addition to my set up.