sump?

[Gizmo7415]

i meant fx5 900 g/hr

 

[Jc1119]

i guess fluval 404 put out 340 g/hr. and fluval fx5 outs out 99 g/hr. that right?

Yeah but that's without media and plumbing. I'm not very familiar with the fluval canisters but, my xp3 rated at 350gph actually flows about 180 gph filled. I'd bet the fluvals are pretty close to that as well.

So figure around 180-200 gph per 404 and 600gph for the fx5. Turnover is right around 5x per hour which should be good

 

[Gizmo7415]

sweet.thx. if i cant figure out sump ill resort to that

 

[dat673]

eshopps has a hang on the back overflow

 

[Jc1119]

sweet.thx. if i cant figure out sump ill resort to that

Sumps arent really that hard, they just take more research and planning. Canister is basically plug and play. A sump takes a little more thought to how you want it to function and it's very rare that two sumps are setup exactly the same way. It's a great form of filtration but multiple canisters can work just as well

 

[Gizmo7415]

do you use one Jc1119?

 

[Jc1119]

do you use one Jc1119?

I have a wet dry built into my 90 and am setting up a 75 gallon sump on my new 300 which hopefully will be here by the beginning of July. Ive got everything fir the new sump in my garage driving my wife nuts. I also use numerous canisters and hobs. I've got filters eveywhere! Lol

 

[ronald021]

It is possible to do a sump without drilling your tank. Like the poster above, just get a eshopps hang on the back overflow OR make your own overflow out of pvc (pictures are in the diy section). Return line, just use pvc

 

[ronald021]

This is where I learned everything I needed about sump (hope it helps):

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=362172

In particular: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=246132
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=224989
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15733

those 2 pictures are not mined, and were copied/pasted from the above mentioned threads

 

[Gizmo7415]

what are the benefits from using a sump instead of a bunch of canister pumps?