Behind Tank Sump??

[Conner]

If I can talk the wife into it I may try this weekend. Was gonna build one of conner's DIY canister filters, but............Bear

Oh shoot, and I was so hoping someone would take my idea and improve on it... Will be interested to see what you come up with as far as behind the tank sump. I like the one posted above, its actually something I had thought about for a future monster tank (built out of plywood instead of acrylic or glass).

 

[john73738]

Have a 780gph pump that I am now going to be powering sponge filters, then building the behind tank sump. Will post pics as soon as I add the sponge filters and plumb the tank.

 

[broken]

i was thinking of doing something like that on mydream ply tank that i will probably never have time or money to build.

 

[john73738]

Oh shoot, and I was so hoping someone would take my idea and improve on it... Will be interested to see what you come up with as far as behind the tank sump. I like the one posted above, its actually something I had thought about for a future monster tank (built out of plywood instead of acrylic or glass).

Have a couple ideas to modify your design. and have it tie into the sump. So many voices running around in my head



Keep you posted

Bear

 

[gibson324]

On my red max 250 SW it comes with a behind tank sump

 

[john73738]

Gibson,

Thank you very helpful.

 

[m1ste2tea]

I really like this "behind the tank sump" idea and I think it would be great for my 55 gal overstocked malawi tank. I have limited space around it and am thinking of using the last couple of inches behind the tank to fit in a DIY sump.

here are the plans

the dimensions of the sump are 48" long (like the tank), 4" wide and 20" tall.


I would like to keep it very simple, with mostly pot scrubbers.

here's where I need the experienced advice:

Supply/return option 1: the supply tube reaches from the bottom of the fish tank to suck up the settling waste while the return tube forms a spray bar that helps aerate the water

Supply/return option 2: the supply collects water via an overflow U shaped overflow device while the return tube reaches down to the bottom of the fish tank and forms a flared nozzle in order to prevent debris from settling on the bottom of the tank.

if anyone thinks this oblong sump wont work or needs tweaking please let me know.

my other idea was to have multiple cascading chambers that house the scrubbers, i would be losing some volume to water channels but would have more wet/try action going that way... I think...

 

[john73738]

I would draw from the bottom and return via spray bar fed by pump. Just a simple u would cause the water to find a level during power outage. yet the "U" would draw from the bottom. Should be no worries of overflow due to the sump being the same height.

Thanks to Nyquil Junkie I found a cheaper way...
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208356

Except I will do both bio and mechanical.

Great idea, exactly how I had envisioned what I wanted to do until I priced how much it was gonna cost.

Bear

 

[redtailshark1]

draw from the bottom