Buy a sump make my own?

fishtk75 · 03/24/2006, 05:22 AM

I have a ASM-G3 to fit in.
Is there a good places to buy a sump and tell me which ones you had bad luck with.
Or plans how to make you own and where you got your sump from.

old salty · 03/24/2006, 05:46 AM

I used a 50 gallon AGA tank and cut some Dummy Depot acrylic for baffles. Works like a champ!

Brandon's Reef · 03/24/2006, 07:01 AM

if this is going under a 75 you can use a 20L

skeeter_ca · 03/24/2006, 09:16 AM

I like building my own sumps with acrylic. Just draw out what you want on paper, look at it, think about it, change it, look at it again. Add any compartments you like. look at others as an example. It's extremely easy and can be custom sized to your stand. Your can even change it after your finished if it doesn't meet your exact needs. It can be scored cut (which is how i built my first couple of sumps), or use power tools for cutting (i now prefer a table saw). I use the weldon thick solvent for good gap filling. It's not that expensive if you buy the materials from a plastic supplier. HD and places like that are actually pretty expensive.

To me that is one of the fun parts of this hobby. Designing, and building the system. It makes you proud of what you end up with. It's not just off the shelf items that anyone can get.

03/24/2006, 05:22 AM	#1
fishtk75 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: PA Posts: 1,530	Buy a sump make my own? I have a ASM-G3 to fit in. Is there a good places to buy a sump and tell me which ones you had bad luck with. Or plans how to make you own and where you got your sump from.

03/24/2006, 05:46 AM	#2
old salty Genius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The Island of Misfit Toys Posts: 3,131	I used a 50 gallon AGA tank and cut some Dummy Depot acrylic for baffles. Works like a champ! __________________ "The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers." Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: Out of the marine aquarium hobby

03/24/2006, 07:01 AM	#3
Brandon's Reef Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Orange Park, FL Posts: 766	if this is going under a 75 you can use a 20L __________________ Brandon Fields, PROUD HURRICANE SURVIVOR Current Tank Info: 24gallon Aquapod 65 coralife super skimmer 1x150w 14k metal halide on 30g oceanic stand 54gallon corner bowfront RR, Current Outer Orbit 1x150 HQI PC supplemented, ATO, Deltec AP600 skimmer,100 pounds of Marshal Island Live Rock, SPS domintated

03/24/2006, 09:16 AM	#4
skeeter_ca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,007	I like building my own sumps with acrylic. Just draw out what you want on paper, look at it, think about it, change it, look at it again. Add any compartments you like. look at others as an example. It's extremely easy and can be custom sized to your stand. Your can even change it after your finished if it doesn't meet your exact needs. It can be scored cut (which is how i built my first couple of sumps), or use power tools for cutting (i now prefer a table saw). I use the weldon thick solvent for good gap filling. It's not that expensive if you buy the materials from a plastic supplier. HD and places like that are actually pretty expensive. To me that is one of the fun parts of this hobby. Designing, and building the system. It makes you proud of what you end up with. It's not just off the shelf items that anyone can get. __________________ skeeter - It is easier to ask for forgiveness than premission. My motto to my wife. Current Tank Info: 75rr,6"dsb,refugium,auto top-off & semi-auto water changer, OM squirt. 4 MJs 1200, Started on 03/03/06