SHOW OFF YOUR SUMP

[rallysman]

Here is the one that I have on my 300 and 125:

 

[jcardona1]

Here's mine. Nothign fancy and not a DIY. Its a Del Rey sump rated for a 240g. Its filled w/ about 130 pot scrubbies and is operated by a Quiet One 4000 pump (1000 gph). The sump is about 24"x14"x14" and is on my 210g 7x2x2. Tank also has an FX5 on it.

Stocking list is as follows:

- Silver aro
- Indo dat
- Gold Saum
- Jack Dempsey
- Carpintis
- 2x Firemouths
- 4x Clown loaches
- Salvini
- Managuense
- 4x Tinfoil barbs
- 2x Synodontis decorus
- Synodontis petricola
- Redtail shark
- Common pleco
- 2x Chinese algae eaters
- Senegal bichir

 

[soggysandwich]

Here is the one that I have on my 300 and 125:

is there a leak in your pipe or something?

 

[japes]

is there a leak in your pipe or something?

That would be a T-Joint with tap to recycle some of the water and reduce how much the pump is flowing without damaging it with back pressure.

 

[Scatocephalus]

This is my 300 gallon rubbermaid sump. It is for my 135 freshwater community. It is located in the crawl space, which is nice, it keeps the noise and mess out of the house.

I hear a lot of people poo poo the little bio-wheels but IME they are pretty amazing and can increase your biological capicity considerably. I like what you've done with yours. Very nice!

 

[Dan F]

I hear a lot of people poo poo the little bio-wheels but IME they are pretty amazing and can increase your biological capicity considerably. I like what you've done with yours. Very nice!

Thanks! I think they do quite a bit, but it is hard to tell since I have so many different kinds of filtration going. They're cool-looking, too!

 

[syxteenhmong]

pretty koo sumps..

 

[Bud8Fan]

That would be a T-Joint with tap to recycle some of the water and reduce how much the pump is flowing without damaging it with back pressure.

Pure myth. There are a couple of threads in the Setup Forum describing and "proving" that throttling the discharge reduces energy consumption and increases the life of the pump.

But back on topic.

This is my diy Sump "room" for my 300 gallon tank. I keep it filled to right around the 200 gallon level giving me 500 total gallons. Stock list is in my signature and all are about 4 months old. The glass tank sitting on the sump is a 40 gallon breeder. This is where I age the water before adding it to the system. I am using a Mag Drive 2400 to return water to the main tank.

Some day I'll get everything finished so it looks "cleaner".

 

[2112]

worrut,

nice set up. I was thinking of doing something similar. Do you run the line from the FX5 to the sump? The line from the sump to the FX5? Or from the tank to each one separately?

 

[amehel0]

bump!