sumps next to tank

j tavares · 05/11/2021, 09:47 AM

Can anyone help me need photos of sumps plumbed next to tank, I have NO access underneath the tank due to stand construction . Tank already filled and running. Wishing to add sump.Thanks for Help>

Vinny Kreyling · 05/12/2021, 08:25 AM

Low Boy Stand? MY 220 was one & sump next to tank.
It was not RR so I had HOB overflows with plastic pool hoses for drains.
No problems in all the years it was up.
The pump back ran through the chiller, into the skimmer & tank.

fishgate · 05/12/2021, 10:04 AM

You are asking for trouble without a gravity drain. If you cannot figure out how to put it lower than the main tank, you are best going without a sump.

jcmjoe · 05/15/2021, 08:17 AM

Just asking, Is there a room behind the tank that you could put sump? I had a 125 gallon at my old house and a spare/utility type room behind that I put my sump set up and just made 2 neat holes (one for drain and one for return) and it worked out great. Just a thought if you have the layout that works.

j tavares · 05/25/2021, 08:33 AM

the sump will be next to tank gravity fed as sump is on floor next to tank stand,

moondoggy4 · 05/26/2021, 06:45 PM

It shouldn't be any different than a remote filter room, are you going to use solid plumbing? Attache to a wall?

fishgate · 05/27/2021, 05:30 AM

A sump is a sump then. Most are unique in some way. Your plumbing is unique to your setup. A DDG search produced the following:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=saltwater+...ages&ia=images

05/11/2021, 09:47 AM	#1
j tavares Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,157	sumps next to tank Can anyone help me need photos of sumps plumbed next to tank, I have NO access underneath the tank due to stand construction . Tank already filled and running. Wishing to add sump.Thanks for Help>

05/12/2021, 08:25 AM	#2
Vinny Kreyling Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Miller Place, NY Posts: 7,206	Low Boy Stand? MY 220 was one & sump next to tank. It was not RR so I had HOB overflows with plastic pool hoses for drains. No problems in all the years it was up. The pump back ran through the chiller, into the skimmer & tank. __________________ 250 gallon mixed reef, 2 Reefbreeder's Photon V 2, Deepwater BLDC 12, DAS EX-3 Skimmer, MTC mini cal, 2-3/4" Sea Swirls, Aquacontroller & 6 Tunze pumps.

05/12/2021, 10:04 AM	#3
fishgate Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Damascus, MD Posts: 3,340	You are asking for trouble without a gravity drain. If you cannot figure out how to put it lower than the main tank, you are best going without a sump. __________________ 125RR in-wall, 40B Sump, CS180 BM Skimmer, ATI 4x80 watt, eheim 1262, custom wrap around rock wall, ReefKeeper Elite 120g in-wall, 40B Sump, PC 54wx4, Jabao DC-6000 (full siphon), future seahorse t Current Tank Info: 125g, 120g, 2x40b sumps, ATI 4x80 T5HO

05/15/2021, 08:17 AM	#4
jcmjoe Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 279	Just asking, Is there a room behind the tank that you could put sump? I had a 125 gallon at my old house and a spare/utility type room behind that I put my sump set up and just made 2 neat holes (one for drain and one for return) and it worked out great. Just a thought if you have the layout that works. __________________ Peace Current Tank Info: 50 gallon reef, 75 Gallon FOWLR

05/27/2021, 05:30 AM	#7
fishgate Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Damascus, MD Posts: 3,340	A sump is a sump then. Most are unique in some way. Your plumbing is unique to your setup. A DDG search produced the following: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=saltwater+...ages&ia=images __________________ 125RR in-wall, 40B Sump, CS180 BM Skimmer, ATI 4x80 watt, eheim 1262, custom wrap around rock wall, ReefKeeper Elite 120g in-wall, 40B Sump, PC 54wx4, Jabao DC-6000 (full siphon), future seahorse t Current Tank Info: 125g, 120g, 2x40b sumps, ATI 4x80 T5HO

05/25/2021, 08:33 AM	#5
j tavares Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,157	the sump will be next to tank gravity fed as sump is on floor next to tank stand,

05/26/2021, 06:45 PM	#6
moondoggy4 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: menifee So cal Posts: 11,042	It shouldn't be any different than a remote filter room, are you going to use solid plumbing? Attache to a wall?