Help making a sump like thing

[ckcdrummer]

As I said Im trying to make sump like thing and what I mean by "thing" is its not really a sump and I'm not using it as a source of filtration I just need it because I'm planning on buy a hob protein skimmer but I don't want it to be on my tank so I was thinking I have a lot of 5 gallon buckets lying around and I want to try and make that a sump so I can put my heater, protein skimmer and maybe even put the intake and output to my canister filter in it. How exactly would I do this? Thanks


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[ckcdrummer]

Also how many pumps do I need and how powerful should it/they be?


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[NyJets]

It depends on so many things. How big is your tank? Going through all that and not making a sumps sounds stupid.

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[ckcdrummer]

It depends on so many things. How big is your tank? Going through all that and not making a sumps sounds stupid.

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It's a 20 gallon, I'm not looking for anything really nice I just need something that works.


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[ckcdrummer]

Can anybody help?


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[azjc]

You could use a rubbermaid tub from HD or a fish tank from Petco(they have their $1 a gallon sale going on right now). I have used both before with baffles and without

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[ckcdrummer]

You could use a rubbermaid tub from HD or a fish tank from Petco(they have their $1 a gallon sale going on right now). I have used both before with baffles and without

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Thanks, but the nearest petco from me is a few hours away. I'd be spending more in gas then If I were to just go to petsmart.


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[jcardona1]

You want to do this with a canister filter? You'll need an overflow system to get the water from the tank to the bucket. But if you want to use the canister filter as the 'return pump', the 5g bucket will have to be higher than the canister filter, but lower than the tank. It would have to be somewhere in the middle. It would look like this:

TANK
OVERFLOW
5G BUCKET
CANISTER FILTER
BACK TO TANK