Hello MFK
After looking at some canisters and seeing how much power they use I figured I can use a sump or 2 to run my 6x 6x2x2s and save some money on electrical fees plus I believe sumps give much better outcomes.
I am a bit new to doing it all myself, In the past I buy everything in one, I have no idea what size sump I would require, I am not really worried about the power going out and using them to hold the water, I plan to install stop valves onto all the out takes, if the power goes out the plan is to shut these, in doing this I am hoping to have a sump that can just be used purely as filtration and heating. The tanks will also not be super highly stocked mainly for holding breeding pairs of American cichlids and my Australian natives, these fish do all get large though.
I am hoping a 5x14x18 would work running 20L of matrix and a fair amount of mech, then running 2 pumps, one for the top row one for the base.
Other option is to use a 7x20x20 but it wont be able to sit behind the setup so I am not sure how well dumping the water maybe 4-5 ft away from the tanks will work? I cant see how it will slow down but adding the distance will effect the drainage speed i believe? I also have the option to run 2x 7x20x20 as sumps but was hoping I could get away with 1 and use the other one to run some other tanks. Hope I am making sense, made a plan, if I used the 5ft it would go behind the middle tier of 6x2x2
sorry its a bit messy hope it understandable, also soft = sofa!
So what I am hoping to get advice on is,
- What size sump would be adequate for 6x2x2 x6 ( feel free to consider the 8fts and 7fts also if you want)
- Can I drill any bulk head size? I was going for 1x 1inch hole per a tank.
- If I have to change the bulk head size what size would you recommend?
-If the 5ft tank wont work out, will the 7ft tanks being 4-5 ft away from the 6ft tanks causing any issues I have to take into consideration?
Thanks in advance.
After looking at some canisters and seeing how much power they use I figured I can use a sump or 2 to run my 6x 6x2x2s and save some money on electrical fees plus I believe sumps give much better outcomes.
I am a bit new to doing it all myself, In the past I buy everything in one, I have no idea what size sump I would require, I am not really worried about the power going out and using them to hold the water, I plan to install stop valves onto all the out takes, if the power goes out the plan is to shut these, in doing this I am hoping to have a sump that can just be used purely as filtration and heating. The tanks will also not be super highly stocked mainly for holding breeding pairs of American cichlids and my Australian natives, these fish do all get large though.
I am hoping a 5x14x18 would work running 20L of matrix and a fair amount of mech, then running 2 pumps, one for the top row one for the base.
Other option is to use a 7x20x20 but it wont be able to sit behind the setup so I am not sure how well dumping the water maybe 4-5 ft away from the tanks will work? I cant see how it will slow down but adding the distance will effect the drainage speed i believe? I also have the option to run 2x 7x20x20 as sumps but was hoping I could get away with 1 and use the other one to run some other tanks. Hope I am making sense, made a plan, if I used the 5ft it would go behind the middle tier of 6x2x2
sorry its a bit messy hope it understandable, also soft = sofa!
So what I am hoping to get advice on is,
- What size sump would be adequate for 6x2x2 x6 ( feel free to consider the 8fts and 7fts also if you want)
- Can I drill any bulk head size? I was going for 1x 1inch hole per a tank.
- If I have to change the bulk head size what size would you recommend?
-If the 5ft tank wont work out, will the 7ft tanks being 4-5 ft away from the 6ft tanks causing any issues I have to take into consideration?
Thanks in advance.
