dcantucson
Reef pro
What it. He may have a cell phone gun! :lol:
DIY Rubbermaid container sump
- Thread starter Tristan
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Tristan
Detritus
yea but it's fake hahaha im all the way in the back
dcantucson
Reef pro
We need a larger picture Tristan. Way too small. :(
Tristan
Detritus
lol ok ill post on the picture intro
Tristan
Detritus
could i use Styrofoam as baffles?
dcantucson
Reef pro
Probably, but it might break after a bit of time? :dunno:
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Yeah I'd think styrofoam would break with the water pressure.
dcantucson
Reef pro
Biff are you a Hamster tamer now?
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Sort of... A hamster is an item you can obtain. But it takes planning and coordination. Planning that has been a year and a half in the works now!
Tristan
Detritus
lol
i need 2 pumps right? what kind of pumps should i get? do they both need to have the same power?
what do i connect the pumps to?
i need 2 pumps right? what kind of pumps should i get? do they both need to have the same power?
what do i connect the pumps to?
Bifferwine
I am a girl
No you only need one pump for your sump. The water is gravity fed down (via a siphon) if you use an overflow box if your tank is not drilled. It's gravity fed down through the hole in the tank if your tank is drilled. You only need one pump to shoot the water back up to the tank.
Tristan
Detritus
NICE! thanks
Tristan
Detritus
would that mean that i have to use a rubber tube going down. and a pvc pipe going up?
Bifferwine
I am a girl
No, you can use PVC or vinyl tubing, or a mix of both. Whichever you like more (I like PVC better -- it's much cheaper and easier to work with, IMO).
wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
Mine uses just one pump....everything else is gravity. Water goes down the 2 overflows, into my 20g intake, which is predrilled and raised above the main sump, then water pours into the main sump, then back up the return pump.
My skimmer will go in the big sump, and a pump in the 20g intake will feed a fuge that will be above the tank....which will rely on gravity to pour back into the tank. Thath part's not done, yet.
My skimmer will go in the big sump, and a pump in the 20g intake will feed a fuge that will be above the tank....which will rely on gravity to pour back into the tank. Thath part's not done, yet.
Tristan
Detritus
for it to come down to the sump how would i syphon with a pvc pipe? or does the overflow do all the syphoning?
dcantucson
Reef pro
It is gravity fed from the main tank through the overflow, to the sump. You only need one pump to pump it back up to the main tank.
Tristan
Detritus
ohhh i see. how do i prevent my aquarium from overflowing? does the overflow take car of that also?
wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
If setup correctly, it should't LOL assuming you have proper drainage, your main tank should never overflow past the overflow lines. Sometimes, if a large turbo for example crawls into one of the overflow tubes, it could slow down the flow to the sump, and cause a flood.
My 45g has a hob overflow. Even if it loses siphon, my tank and sump's water levels are designed to never overflow. The worst that will happen is that my sump will dry up and my pump will break from pumping dry. But whether my pump cuts off or my siphon breaks, no flood as long as I don't go past my lines.
My 45g has a hob overflow. Even if it loses siphon, my tank and sump's water levels are designed to never overflow. The worst that will happen is that my sump will dry up and my pump will break from pumping dry. But whether my pump cuts off or my siphon breaks, no flood as long as I don't go past my lines.
Tristan
Detritus
cool thanks. damn, snails are just way too unpredictable to know where they are going to be
