New Sump Tank Need Help

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Where the water falls into the sump you should do mechanic fitration. Have the water fall into a filter socket ( which has to be cleaned regularly ), then put a sponge divider between infalling chamber and the remainder of the sump.

Fill the rest with bio media

Pump to return to tank on the oposite end of sump.

Then you will have to fill the tank and let the sump fill untill you achieve balance.mby balance i mean the water level, in the sump, that does not overflow if power fails.

Have everything ready and circulating and then plug the return pump off. Sump water level will rise untill water in tank reaches a level where it stops falling to the sump.

That is how you find your balanced sump level.

Looks like a pretty blank canvass as far as a sump goes. Basically you need mechanical filtration of some sort then bio filtration of some sort. Common mech media are filter socks or sponges and common bio is ceramic or sintered glass media. Sumps gibe a ton of flexibility but they can be a bit tricky at first just plan for your pump at one end and intake at the other and design based on research. Many ways to build a sump but you will probably want to pick up a few acrylic sheets to make baffles

I'd cut out the baffles and do an open sump with JC1119's design. Links in my 225g tank sig

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ElectricBlueSeanBurch said:

I'd cut out the baffles and do an open sump with JC1119's design. Links in my 225g tank sig

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