Might sound like a stupid question.... But My 155 is drilled with two overflows on the back left and right. Now instead of running a sump am I able to just hook up two canister filters and run them threw the pipes that are pre-drilled into the tank?
Is this Possible?
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See I planned on running a 55g with a mag 12 or so. Was going to try out those new Bio Balls that have the insides gutted out and filled with assortments of things... But my tank is drilled twice and I'm not sure how to go about hooking it all up by one pump and running two sumps seems to be a bit silly. Relatively new to sumps so i'm not the best!
You could have 2 tank outlets to the sump and split the sump return line back to your tank.
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See I've had a few people try to explain something similar to this to me but I just don't seem to get it. if this picture makes any sense to anyone maybe it could help me. was thinking kind of connecting the return pipe and the drain pipe into like one pipe for each,
you can do it that way, although I don't get why you would draw the blue turning to purple and the green turning to blue... it's just confusing. personally I'd have both drains combining as drawn, but then run 2 pumps, one to each return. that way if one pump fails, your filter is still running.
I would run a slightly larger pump on the farthest return and a smaller on the nearest - to even out the water flow. not that they have to be. if you did go with one pump and wanted similar output from both sides, you would need to try to even out the lengths of tubing. either adding to the shorter run of tubing or a check valve.
I would run a slightly larger pump on the farthest return and a smaller on the nearest - to even out the water flow. not that they have to be. if you did go with one pump and wanted similar output from both sides, you would need to try to even out the lengths of tubing. either adding to the shorter run of tubing or a check valve.
Yeah I probably should of kept them all the same colors aha not sure why I did that. But if I ran two pumps wouldn't I need two filter socks and everything? This all sump stuff really confuses me
Run two pumps like suggested and you'll have two seperate return lines and run ball valves so you can adjust flow. Imo I would run two discharge lines out of the tank into your sump so you could have two filter socks and that way you would get a little more time out of them between cleanings. I'll take a pic of my sump setup when I get off work today.
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water usually goes into the filter socks first, you can have one sock per input, or the two combined into one sock. personally I have no filter socks at all. as my tank is coming up to full stock I'll actually be running a penguin 400 on my sump with filter floss for water polishing, after all of the bio media.
sumps can be very simple or very complicated. spend the time and read the DIY filter section. I spent a month reading pretty much every thread in that section that had the word sump in the title. after that I drew up a couple plans, decided which I liked best and put it up for discussion. that got me some thoughts and ideas I hadn't considered and now I have a 60G filter I'm very happy with.
sumps can be very simple or very complicated. spend the time and read the DIY filter section. I spent a month reading pretty much every thread in that section that had the word sump in the title. after that I drew up a couple plans, decided which I liked best and put it up for discussion. that got me some thoughts and ideas I hadn't considered and now I have a 60G filter I'm very happy with.