New to sumps and i need help.:confused:

[yourbestfriend]

in this other thread i talked about wanting to get this 300 gallon tank with an overflow but i didnt know what an overflow was. heres the link to the thread: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157038
anyways, Nic told me to get the tank because he said sumps are super easy to set up. So now i need help constructing, setting up, learning how to work and maintain, ect. the sump that im building. An pics or instructions on how to build one would be great.

 

[yourbestfriend]

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[ILLdose13]

do you have an old tank that you can use as a sump?

 

[yourbestfriend]

do you have an old tank that you can use as a sump?

yes i do. and sorry this is a super retarded question, but i know NOTHING about sumps, but what is the extra tank for? and what does it do

 

[yourbestfriend]

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[Jfitz]

A sump is like a homemade filter, the extra tanks act like a filter... hard to explain but the extra tank is like a really big storage place for the sump to run...
hopefully wyldfya will come here and explain it better lmao

 

[yourbestfriend]

come on wyldfya! help me out!

 

[cr8on]

The sump is basically a reservoir where filtered water will collect before it is returned to the tank by a water pump. give me a couple of mins and I will post a diagram

 

[cr8on]

My pic isn't uploading, I'll try again later

 

[yourbestfriend]

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