sump question??

jrswindler · 11/21/2015, 04:18 PM

This sump came with a 125g reef ready tank I purchased off of craigslist. It says U.S. Aquarium on it but i cant find anything on the net about them. Anyone have any ideas what kind of sump this is and how i should set it up? Any feed back would be great thanks!

jrswindler · 11/22/2015, 10:57 AM

Anybody???

reefer1970 · 11/22/2015, 07:06 PM

The brand does not really matter. Looks like someone added a bulkhead on the leftside to either connect a second sump to it or more likely an external skimmer. water from overflows drops into leftside, middle is a refugium (which seems to have to shallow of a bubble trap on right side and return side was plumbed for an external pump on far right and front right has a blocked off bulkhead maybe for a return pump as well. Block off all those bulkheads, put an internal return pump in the right side, fill the center up with some brand of refugium mud, some live rock, macro algae and copepods after you cycle the tank and run an external skimmer on the left side. You'll have to be creative with the plumbing for the skimmer depending on which one you get. Home depot has a couple of good daylight bulbs (look for I think 5000-6700K on the box) and a clip on reflector. Buy a few 1000 copepods off Ebay after the water is cycled and you should be good to go

11/22/2015, 10:57 AM	#2
jrswindler Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 3	Anybody???

11/22/2015, 07:06 PM	#3
reefer1970 Registered Member Join Date: May 2015 Location: Grosse Pointe, MI Posts: 422	The brand does not really matter. Looks like someone added a bulkhead on the leftside to either connect a second sump to it or more likely an external skimmer. water from overflows drops into leftside, middle is a refugium (which seems to have to shallow of a bubble trap on right side and return side was plumbed for an external pump on far right and front right has a blocked off bulkhead maybe for a return pump as well. Block off all those bulkheads, put an internal return pump in the right side, fill the center up with some brand of refugium mud, some live rock, macro algae and copepods after you cycle the tank and run an external skimmer on the left side. You'll have to be creative with the plumbing for the skimmer depending on which one you get. Home depot has a couple of good daylight bulbs (look for I think 5000-6700K on the box) and a clip on reflector. Buy a few 1000 copepods off Ebay after the water is cycled and you should be good to go