shud i fill it all the way to the drill plate?
btw, is this called "sump"? my lfs friends calls it "reservoir"
btw, is this called "sump"? my lfs friends calls it "reservoir"
How high shud my water level be in this thing?
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yes. The reservoir is a sump, they mean basically the same thing. . The sump in combination of the filter material and pump makes it a wet/dry or trickle filter.
I usually keep the water level about 1" above the bio-media depending on the size of the sump. If you fill it to the top it kind of defeats the purpose of a wet/dry (gas exchange etc.). You also risk flooding the place in a power outage because there will be some excess over flow even when the pump stops.
I usually keep the water level about 1" above the bio-media depending on the size of the sump. If you fill it to the top it kind of defeats the purpose of a wet/dry (gas exchange etc.). You also risk flooding the place in a power outage because there will be some excess over flow even when the pump stops.
hey rallysman thanks alot for replying i love u man!! ( not in a g@y way 
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i understand what ur saying...
thats why i dont fill it up coz i know then the trickle-thing is not on effect anymore. And also u r ryt even the pump is dead it will still take some water in ( i know that now becasue of the flooding incident i just had )
so what do u think? i fill it almost half.. u think thats ok?
)i understand what ur saying...
thats why i dont fill it up coz i know then the trickle-thing is not on effect anymore. And also u r ryt even the pump is dead it will still take some water in ( i know that now becasue of the flooding incident i just had )
so what do u think? i fill it almost half.. u think thats ok?
its difficult to see in the picture, but I think you ether have to many bio balls or you have a sump thats too small. what is the size of the tank you are filtering? as far as I understand, and I am willing to be corrected, you need 1 gallon of bio balls to filter 30 gallons of water. Your sump should be 1/3 the size of your tank, this is to allow for sufficiant water capacity for your tank. Anyone else have an opionion on this?
I have a 55 on my 300 and it works great for water containment. I usually keep the water level about 2" above the pumps. IIRC it's 2.2 gallons of bioballs for every 100g of water, but I usually run more than that.
I'm curious too, what size is the sump and what size is the tank?
I'm curious too, what size is the sump and what size is the tank?
hey tank is 210 gallon, sump it came up with is 25 gal.
bioballs came with it too so i used it. so is too much bioballs?
bioballs came with it too so i used it. so is too much bioballs?
well its not to be said its too small, but i would cut back on the balls. Keep the water level at around 3-4" and the bioballs should sit an inch below water level. If you can make a 55 work for a 300, I'm sure you can get a 25 work for a 210. Personally I would get a bigger tank for a sump, the bigger the sump the larger the water capacity in the whole.
If water tests well and the sump doesn't overflow you're in good shape