Hey everyone
I am think in the fall sometime I am going to upgrade my 75 gal aquarium with new equipment and make it look better and quieter for the main living room where it is driving me nuts with the noise.
What I am thinking of doing is building a sump for it and running piping through the walls into the basement where I will have the sump located. What I was thinking of doing as a "money-saver" was using a large plastic tote, rubbermaid type of thing. Supported of course from the pressure on the sides Without going into details on how to build a sump because I am still researching that, I am just curious has anyone ever tried this or heard of someone doing this?
I know I have to buy more powerful pumps to over come the head pressures back in to the tank but I can't see why this wouldn't work. It may even be a bit saver in terms of flooding because it would be in the basement next to the floor drain and even that I can buy even bigger totes to guarantee there will be no flooding.
What do you think? Will it work? Am I missing something that wouldn't make this work?
Thank you.:Cheers:
I am think in the fall sometime I am going to upgrade my 75 gal aquarium with new equipment and make it look better and quieter for the main living room where it is driving me nuts with the noise.
What I am thinking of doing is building a sump for it and running piping through the walls into the basement where I will have the sump located. What I was thinking of doing as a "money-saver" was using a large plastic tote, rubbermaid type of thing. Supported of course from the pressure on the sides Without going into details on how to build a sump because I am still researching that, I am just curious has anyone ever tried this or heard of someone doing this?
I know I have to buy more powerful pumps to over come the head pressures back in to the tank but I can't see why this wouldn't work. It may even be a bit saver in terms of flooding because it would be in the basement next to the floor drain and even that I can buy even bigger totes to guarantee there will be no flooding.
What do you think? Will it work? Am I missing something that wouldn't make this work?
Thank you.:Cheers: