I see all kind of DIY sumps in here and in most of them it seems the sump is a smaller aquarium. I'm thinking about building a 300+G acrylic tank and a 75G acrylic sump tank at the same time but I'm wondering what else has worked for people as the sump. I see stuff like big rubbermaid totes around 50G, do those work?
What have you used as a sump (that worked heh)?
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I was going to use a rubbermaid bin, but they bow quite badly when filled up with water. You can get something at Home Depot called a "Deck Box" for storing lawn toys and crap in, looks to be around 70-100gal, and quite sturdy.
I just built a 75gallon plywood sump instead of using the rubbermaid bin. I also have some heavy duty ABS tool bins, but they are only 30gal or so, and not a great shape for the setup I wanted.
I just built a 75gallon plywood sump instead of using the rubbermaid bin. I also have some heavy duty ABS tool bins, but they are only 30gal or so, and not a great shape for the setup I wanted.
Plastic 55gal drums would work, if you could make sure they didn't have anything nasty in them. There are also lots of places that make industrial HDPE tanks, that I think would work out really well as a sump. Dr. Joe provided a link before I think... I forget the URL.
I used a 50g rubbermaid bin, but i made a plywood box so i can fill it up all the way+put it on wheels+insulate the box.
maseyferguson05;1057088; said:
Good idea.. that's what I use as well because it's cheap and I already had it..
That's pretty cool. Yeah I thought the rubbermaids might bow with the water pressure...I'll probably just use an aquarium but just trying to see what else will work.
cvermeulen;1057039; said:
my first post here.....
yep....55 gallon drums are awesome, i get them free from a friend who makes custom adhesives, i get the ones which stored water based stuff which is easily cleaned before use.
currently i have 2 75gal and a 55 on one of my 55 gallon drums, i'm using 5 gallon buckets to hold my media which is a mix of large gravel and filter floss, then 2 large pumps for the returns, this current 55 gal sump has been operating for about a year and works perfectly....only thing i would change is having the inlets/outlets go through the side near the top to make removing the lid a bit easier.
i will be using one also for my soon to be finished 350 gal (6ft/4ft/2ft).....
