Thanks for keeping up posted. I would love to see your drawing of your sump plans. I have been out of the hobby for many years due to health issues and I'm very excited to be piking up a very nice 180 gal with 75 gal sump that is all open. I plan on adding baffles and replumb the tank and sump, so all the info I can gather is a plus. Looking forward to see your tank up and running, its a beautiful set up, Congrats
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Thank you. Sounds like you will have a pretty sweet setup as well. I’ll do better then posting my chicken scratch plans
I’ll post pictures of it finished.
First I want to thank you all that helped give me pointers and advice. I’m truly grateful.
Fair warning, it’s not perfect. Yes, the silicone in the sump is white>.< I was so worried about making sure it wasn’t the stuff with mold inhibitors in it that I forgot to make sure it was clear. But it’s just the sump so I said screw it and used it anyway. Other then that I’m really happy with how the sump turned out
For the plumbing I forgot to add the unions. Finding the plumbing parts was such a nightmare I completely spaced. My husband plumbed it all for me and did the hard work of finding all the parts. I got so overwhelmed I was ready to just get plugs to fit the old bulkheads and use hob filters. I’m so glad he was able to takeover for me, I’d be so lost without him.
I’ll stop rambling now. I just wanted to post the outcome of my project before starting a new thread for this tank. Any adjustments, and I’m sure there will be some, will get posted here.
Back plumbing
The tank filled and running
I have since added more filter floss and bio media. I have yet to get the filter sock in place.
Now, both overflows are plumbed together into the sump, but the one on the right is set higher in the tank and isn’t being used. So it will act as an edrain in a way. Not perfect, but I’m pretty dang happy with it