homemade sump?

[dino_eel]

I've read that you can make a sump out of simple materials, does anyone have, or know of instructions that will help me construct one?

 

[mooman]

Try posting in freshwater or saltwater DIY forum. Those guys could make a sump out of a wastebasket, twizzlers, and some dental floss.

 

[budrecki]

dino_eel Is you tank drilled?

 

[patoloco]

Try posting in freshwater or saltwater DIY forum. Those guys could make a sump out of a wastebasket, twizzlers, and some dental floss.

I did mine... however, used purple string instead of dental floss. Disgram soo to be posted

 

[mooman]

The fact that the dental floss should be purple goes without saying

 

[Star_Rider]

mooman...twizzlers??? those break down in water...trust me on this one :joke:

 

[StreetCypher]

You can use a used tank and plastic drawers.

 

[Sly_Marbo]

Check ou this site
http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html

 

[joephys]

:OT: Twizzlers are candy straws :duh:

Just make sure you put in some sort of protection to keep your sump from causing your whole tank from siphoning out if you pump fails.

 

[patoloco]

My set up:

FILTER DESCRIPTON:
The body of the filter is a 55 gl. barrel. The media holder is a perforated wastebasket. It's held on place by a 1/2" PVC pipe with tread at both extremes and using a plasticd washer and nut: one under the basket and one over the tank cover.

The basket is filled with filtrer floss, and If needed, zeolit, carbon or whatever you need to put there. When water has been filtered, it splashed over the bio-ball (biological filtration / gas excahnge) and is then pumped back to the tank by the pump.

In the pipes, there are many valve balls and check valves that prevent the water from backsyphoning in case of a power failure.