Daughertys' Sump/Fuge/Prop Tank

[daugherty]

Daugherty,

I went into Petsmart yesterday to buy some algae sheets and saw that unit sitting there and immediatley thought of you! That thing is huge. I was half tempted to ask if they were getting rid of it..

you should have asked them

 

[dcantucson]

James did you get the pumps for free also?

 

[parrotchute]

Looking real good, can't wait to see it complete! Are you pumping the water all the way up to the floor above it?

 

[daugherty]

James did you get the pumps for free also?

yes that is a little giant4mdcx i think that came with the tank but it is not big enough so i am saving to get a new one that is bigger.

 

[daugherty]

Looking real good, can't wait to see it complete! Are you pumping the water all the way up to the floor above it?

it is not hooked up to my 75 yet that will take me a few months until i can get the pump for it i am going to get a blueline 70hd and they are kinda spendy. i have to pump the water 26ft to my 75

 

[daugherty]

the sump for this tank completely full will hold 75.35 gallons

 

[parrotchute]

That's a lot of height to pump it!!! I'm thinking about doing a basement sump when I upgrade, but looks like only 10' - still afraid of the elec bill for that, though.

 

[daugherty]

 

[daugherty]

That's a lot of height to pump it!!! I'm thinking about doing a basement sump when I upgrade, but looks like only 10' - still afraid of the elec bill for that, though.

well its isabout 10ft up and about 16-17 to the left. right above the tank is the kitchen

 

[daugherty]

ok some update pics

 

[wontonflip]

Very nice, James...good job! Stupid question...what's that blue stuff in the tube in pic #2? Just some type of filter?

 

[daugherty]

it is bio bail i used it in the drain to quiet it down

 

[ccCapt]

Pretty cool. Do you have any plans for it? That would be a nice setup for mangroves. :)

 

[dcantucson]

That's great looking James. Damn I wish I had a basement.

 

[Hiker4twenty]

Looks like everything worked out well for you James.

 

[daugherty]

Pretty cool. Do you have any plans for it? That would be a nice setup for mangroves. :)

the biggest thing that i want to do with is is grow frags to sell. i want to try and make this hobby kinda offset the cost. who knows i thought about sea horses in one of the deeper sections.

 

[BL1]

That is awesome! If you felt like it, you could almost set it up like 4 separate tanks in one, (like a DT/fuge/coral frag/and another DT) ... I wish I had space in my house to get the one from my petsmart

 

[project5k]

lookn good man, keep going!

 

[daugherty]

ok here is a little update i drained the tank and did some cutting

 

[BL1]

Are you making it just one big basin?