Im thinking of making a home made sump tank for my new 75 g tank. There is currently an Eheim 2215 (handles 93g tank). Would it be worth the work and time to set up the home made sump, or just go out and buy an Emporer 400? I would only be saving about 20 bucks with the sump, but am still undecided. Any help or opinions would be great. Thanks, Andrew
Home made sump, or Biowheel
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I would go with homemade sump. You can hide all your heaters down there and over all get a lot more water flow with a large return pump. Oh yeah, you can build a large wet/dry in the sump. Hell Yeah!!!
A wet/dry is usually in a sump. A wet/dry just holds media that is partially wet and partially dry. The water flows over the media into the sump then gets pumped back into the tank.
Im sure you can make your own biowheel,Ive seen things at the pool supply store that looked like huge biowheels,I thought about it....
you can make a diy sump with a huge biowheel!!
you can make a diy sump with a huge biowheel!!
I made my own, it's no big deal. It just seems everyone likes to buy them (something about eye candy, I prefer functionality)
Dr Joe
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Dr Joe
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You have to tip your hat to marineland's advertising branch and diehard customers
when a relative newcomer (no offense meant by this ArRoW A 91)
Believes the "bio-wheel" is on par with a wet/dry
Great job guys
By the way if it is we have all wasted lots of money
when a relative newcomer (no offense meant by this ArRoW A 91)
Believes the "bio-wheel" is on par with a wet/dry
Great job guys
By the way if it is we have all wasted lots of money
Don't mean to hi-jack the thread but isn't a bio-wheel a similar concenpt to media (bio balls, pot scrubbers) in a wet/dry/sump? The bio whell is just on a smaller scale? Both house bacteria for the nitrogen cycle, both get oxygen, etc. Am I wrong to think this?