Need help making this tank into a sump...

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bomber;3537914; said:
This is what I did. Pretty simple, it had 3 chambers; Mechanical, Biological Media, then the return.


PM me if you have any q's.

bomber

you have a pic of this built .. and what kinda mech do you use in the 1st chamber ..
 
Iffrat;3538080; said:
you have a pic of this built .. and what kinda mech do you use in the 1st chamber ..
sorry it took so long...

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I use a 100 micron filter sock with sera siporax. I also have an eheim 2260 loaded with eheim guts.
 
-put a pump in the bottom and build a cage around it with egg crate
-layer scrubbies and filterfloss above the pump
-dump in a bunch of scrbbies/bioballs/magic rocks
-put a layer of japmat on top of everything
-drill some holes in a piece of pvc and use it as a spraybar
-add some sort of a lid to contain the splashing
-done

if you really want to go nuts you can drill a ton of holes in another piece of pvc and stick a heater in it.. just be sure to put it down in the bottom so it always stays submerged
 
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