lets see those 55g tanks! - Page 2

king7 · 03/03/2006, 02:38 PM

thats a very old picture, but i got a 29gal sump in there. using the ecosystem.

The tank is a 50gal, not 55 though.

charile1 · 03/03/2006, 02:47 PM

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Originally posted by Wiskey
Very old pic which shoes the sump/fuge

Whiskey

do you have more pictures of your sump? Do you have your skimmer in there?

Wiskey · 03/03/2006, 02:58 PM

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Originally posted by charile1
do you have more pictures of your sump? Do you have your skimmer in there?

No I don't have more pictures of when it was still a 20 gallon fuge. The skimmer is in there, in the beginning I used a seaclone and you can see it hanging off to the right side of the sump. Water comes in on the far right, compartment where the skimmer gets it, then it goes into the fuge for the algae to have a wack at, where it overflows into the sump section where the return pump is, and the autotopoff sits.

I have since changed that to a 10 gallon sump where the turbofloater 1000 sits, there is no longer a fuge.

Whiskey

Racenrich · 03/03/2006, 03:04 PM

the 1st year my tank ran i had no sump....yet really wanted to get things off the back of the tank, so i decided to add one.
This is a NOVA 22g sump with Bio-balls removed. when i 1st put it up in 03-04.

Fit perfectly under the 55g tank....i will say though i had the stand built 15in wide instead of the standard 12in....

Racenrich · 03/03/2006, 03:09 PM

Figured i toss in my current sump for ya....in the basement now!
56g total volume with my old sump as prop tank.

otterpop510 · 03/03/2006, 04:01 PM

nice racenrich, i like your current 3 chamber setup ala melev with the growout tank.. looks very clean.. i'd like my 'under' setup to look like that sometime.. though no ability to make it go to another floor.. oh well..

03/03/2006, 03:04 PM	#29
Racenrich Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NWI, St. John Posts: 2,083	the 1st year my tank ran i had no sump....yet really wanted to get things off the back of the tank, so i decided to add one. This is a NOVA 22g sump with Bio-balls removed. when i 1st put it up in 03-04. Fit perfectly under the 55g tank....i will say though i had the stand built 15in wide instead of the standard 12in.... __________________ Home of the $15 FRAGS... Current Tank Info: 67g long (72x12x18), 30g Sump....10.5.yr old watchman golby!

03/03/2006, 03:09 PM	#30
Racenrich Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NWI, St. John Posts: 2,083	Figured i toss in my current sump for ya....in the basement now! 56g total volume with my old sump as prop tank. __________________ Home of the $15 FRAGS... Current Tank Info: 67g long (72x12x18), 30g Sump....10.5.yr old watchman golby!

03/03/2006, 04:01 PM	#31
otterpop510 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: oakland, ca Posts: 1,018	nice racenrich, i like your current 3 chamber setup ala melev with the growout tank.. looks very clean.. i'd like my 'under' setup to look like that sometime.. though no ability to make it go to another floor.. oh well.. __________________ huh? you mean those are not purple people eaters in my avatar? Current Tank Info: home: 75 gal reef, 18 gal planted discus; class: 20 gal reef and some goldfish which won't die..

03/03/2006, 02:38 PM	#26
king7 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: bay area, ca Posts: 67	thats a very old picture, but i got a 29gal sump in there. using the ecosystem. The tank is a 50gal, not 55 though.