Give me the low down! DIY masters chime in!!

[boldtogether]

So I made a DIY overhead sump thingy...
I got the plastic container from HomeD for $6, the fountain pump from Harbor Freight for $15...200gph...had the pvc and the rest of the stuff....works amazing....of course the tank it is on is a 10g....I am using it as a hospital right now, but I plan on using the sump for pothos....
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[millerkid519]

I found the picture of the tank I built for davenmandy
22h x30w x 43l I do believe where the dimensions. It's for a pup grow out tank

 

[millerkid519]

The sides where cut out of an old 125 gallon and the bottom was a 90 tall front pain. All of it is half inch glass

 

[millerkid519]

Break pliers I made. They work very well on up to half inch

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[boldtogether]

Break pliers I made. They work very well on up to half inch

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Cutting and snapping glass is still a big "never-done-it-before" pucker factor for me.
Those pliers are cool but they make my cringe!! Hahah!!

 

[millerkid519]

Haha they made me cringe the first time to.
All I do is keep tightening up the vise grips little by little until it starts the break. Then work the break lone across the glass. I'm good enough now I can score and snap 3/8 with out hesitating 1/2 is a little more tricky but then again it has all been glass that is about 15 20 years old

 

[millerkid519]

Showing the girlfriend how to build and she is doing very well she picked how we did everything and I helped her by walking her threw every step. I know it is excessive for a 35g over a 30g but practice makes perfect and all the material is laying around. She is doing better then I did my first few times!

 

[millerkid519]

Nothing at all guys

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[jeffers]

2 years later and it still feels like a work in progress. I added 2 overhead sumps for pothos, filter socks, and extra media. Can't afford an Ultima filter so I bought a used Hayward and added some screen and filled with Ultima media. Might not be as effective but I am very happy with it. And also finally added a drip system to the tanks. Not real pretty but gets the job done.

 

[markstrimaran]

75 gallon in tank filter, the baffle holds bio balls or k1 in suspension with air bubbles, the middle is a fluidized sand filter, the far left is a mechanical.
Power by a 2000 GPH sump pump. 4 valves, and crazy plumbing.

Nothing has been glued yet.