Storage of media while modifying sump
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Sump with filter socks is easily the most effective mechanical filter I've ever used. Easiest to maintain as well.
Filter socks (as said above), or cut squares or rectangles of Porret foam to shape.
I put bio-media in mesh bags, makes it easy to pull the bag and shake it in a container of tank water when detritus gets thick, and it needs cleaning.
I also like large open spaces in sumps, in case I want to experiment with new filtration technology, add another heater, or larger pump, and... I put containers of substrate in those areas for jump starting a cycle in another tank, etc etc
I put bio-media in mesh bags, makes it easy to pull the bag and shake it in a container of tank water when detritus gets thick, and it needs cleaning.
I also like large open spaces in sumps, in case I want to experiment with new filtration technology, add another heater, or larger pump, and... I put containers of substrate in those areas for jump starting a cycle in another tank, etc etc
I have to disagree about the filter socks. Sure they do work well but no better then using filter floss. They are absolute pia to deal with. Cleaning them is a nightmare and time consuming. I’m not keeping buckets of bleach hanging around to soak them in waiting to spill in my house. Baffles and filter floss forces the water through them and is absolutely the quickest to change and replace. To each there own. I do believe in keeping the baffles to a minimum.
I avoid the pita by just throwing them in the washing machine with my work clothes lol.
how big of a tank do you have? I would do a sump, I’m just so paranoid about bypass.
filter rollers (I’ve also seen them called “sump-rollers”) look cool.
Damnit now I’m back at square one with sump vs canister.
for brackish and salt I’d do a sump no questions asked. But for fresh I’m on the fence
Your A brave man lol. There’s no way my wife would let be get away with that move!
I wouldn’t worry about bypass
duanes
is correct that baffleless works just as well as baffles biologically speaking. I am run a large bare bottom aquarium an run my bio media heaters and return all in the same compartment that takes up 75% of my sump. The water runs right over the media and returns back to the aquarium.
My work clothes are usually saturated with hydraulic oil and creosote, so a little bit of fishy muck isn't even worth mentioning lol.
I wouldn’t worry about bypass
Guess I could always make a box out of egg crate and store my mechanical media in there.
I have a 40 gallon breeder I had made for me (that came out subpar...they drilled the overflow hole wrong so I had to redrill it myself) just sitting in my basement. I can use that as a sump:
this was a brackish project I started. Maybe I’ll use the tank as a sump. I’m in the middle of trying to sell that sump you see in the picture.
good thing I still have my Ecotech return pump battery backup
