Can Someone Show Me There Rubbermaid Stock Sump Setups

newreef06 · 05/18/2009, 09:26 PM

I GOING TO MAKE A SUMP OUT OF A RUBBERMAID STOCK 50G TUB. CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THEY WORK GOOD AND SHOW ME PICS OF THERES

demonboy369 · 05/18/2009, 11:01 PM

check this thread out this is where Doni of www.donisreef.com made her growout tank for picasso clowns. she tied all of her tanks into a 100g rubbermaid stock tank.

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ut-system.html

drummereef · 05/18/2009, 11:47 PM

Maybe this thread will help you...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1551665

Fizz71 · 05/19/2009, 08:15 AM

I've done 2 setups both with the same 100g stock tub.

The first I used pvc on the drain to overflow into another rubbermaid container that had the return pump on it. The second container served as the equivalent of the last chamber of a sump where the water level changed from evaproation so that's where the auto-topoff was rigged. I controlled the stock tub's level by the drain which emptied from the bottom of the tub via PVC that came up to the water level I wanted, then back down to the final tub. So all the water came out of the bottom, up, over, then down within PVC. My return pump was VERY slow which is why this worked for severl years. No pictures on that setup, sorry.

My current system has been up for a few months now and working out great. I didn't have the room for a second container so I did it ALL in the tub which meant I needed to control the level of the sump to make it constant for my skimmer. I did this by setting up a gravtity fed top-off on a float.

Both setups used a PVC/egg crating rack system to suspend my equipment and other stuff. The first rack system hooked over the edge and was truely suspended. Rock was underneath, skimmer was on the rack and the fuge was sepearate. The currect sump has an RDSB with vertical pvc stuck into it with the egg crating on top that holds rock, a fuge and the skimmer.

I DO have photos of the current setup:

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v9...t=IMG_4951.jpg

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v9...t=IMG_4952.jpg

I still have to wire it all up which I was waiting to do once everything settled down. And in the photo you can't see the 55g drums that sit near by for the gravity fed top-off and water changes. The white pipe closest to you has also since been trimmed to the water level, and the flex pvc on the floor now has a pump on it connected to my 55g water change drum. To do a water chance I just open up 2 ball valves and turn the pump on...once it settles out I turn the pump off and close the valves...very sweet.

05/18/2009, 09:26 PM	#1
newreef06 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Western Ma Posts: 822	Can Someone Show Me There Rubbermaid Stock Sump Setups I GOING TO MAKE A SUMP OUT OF A RUBBERMAID STOCK 50G TUB. CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THEY WORK GOOD AND SHOW ME PICS OF THERES

05/18/2009, 11:01 PM	#2
demonboy369 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: west virginia Posts: 360	check this thread out this is where Doni of www.donisreef.com made her growout tank for picasso clowns. she tied all of her tanks into a 100g rubbermaid stock tank. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...ut-system.html __________________ L0S3R CVRC ------------------------------------------------ To check out my thread on Gorgonia Fragging click my red house Current Tank Info: 2g pico reef with 13w pc lighting stocked with zoos and a small hammer... 29g in progress (diy aquaclear 500 fuge)

05/18/2009, 11:47 PM	#3
drummereef Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: STL Posts: 14,754	Maybe this thread will help you... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1551665 __________________ -Brett 180g Marineland Starfire In-Wall 278 gallon system

05/19/2009, 08:15 AM	#4
Fizz71 FragSwapper Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: West Lawn, PA Posts: 5,800	I've done 2 setups both with the same 100g stock tub. The first I used pvc on the drain to overflow into another rubbermaid container that had the return pump on it. The second container served as the equivalent of the last chamber of a sump where the water level changed from evaproation so that's where the auto-topoff was rigged. I controlled the stock tub's level by the drain which emptied from the bottom of the tub via PVC that came up to the water level I wanted, then back down to the final tub. So all the water came out of the bottom, up, over, then down within PVC. My return pump was VERY slow which is why this worked for severl years. No pictures on that setup, sorry. My current system has been up for a few months now and working out great. I didn't have the room for a second container so I did it ALL in the tub which meant I needed to control the level of the sump to make it constant for my skimmer. I did this by setting up a gravtity fed top-off on a float. Both setups used a PVC/egg crating rack system to suspend my equipment and other stuff. The first rack system hooked over the edge and was truely suspended. Rock was underneath, skimmer was on the rack and the fuge was sepearate. The currect sump has an RDSB with vertical pvc stuck into it with the egg crating on top that holds rock, a fuge and the skimmer. I DO have photos of the current setup: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v9...t=IMG_4951.jpg http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v9...t=IMG_4952.jpg I still have to wire it all up which I was waiting to do once everything settled down. And in the photo you can't see the 55g drums that sit near by for the gravity fed top-off and water changes. The white pipe closest to you has also since been trimmed to the water level, and the flex pvc on the floor now has a pump on it connected to my 55g water change drum. To do a water chance I just open up 2 ball valves and turn the pump on...once it settles out I turn the pump off and close the valves...very sweet. __________________ --Fizz Current Tank Info: Current system is 8x2x2 240g peninsula setup with a single "chamber" 100g sump in the basement with an RDSB. All corals are 100% home grown from frags of fellow reefers (low natural reef impact).