Show me your sump! - Page 5

D. Murphy · 05/18/2011, 08:20 PM

It's interesting looking over the pics here. Several different designs. Some have the inlet with a protein skimmer at 1 end, with some chaeto in the middle and the return pump on the end. Others have the return pump in the middle. I'm looking into setting up a sump for my tank. I don't have the space that some of you do here. That's going to be my biggest problem. Anyone else have any different designs?

Dan

Devaji108 · 06/14/2011, 06:23 PM

How about bring this thread back to life.

salsipuedes · 06/15/2011, 09:49 AM

I'll breathe some life into this with pics of my 92 corner sump later when I get home. Talk about a tank that's hard to build a sump for... geesh...

slief · 06/15/2011, 10:04 AM

Here is my sump and fuge. I designed this to replace my wetdry filter..

Fuge

This was taken just after I completed the swap from the wetdry filter.

rbredding · 06/18/2011, 01:01 PM

sha-

ZZAAMM!!!

that's pretty cool...
(what was your reasoning for designing a fuge like that? (benfits?)

567234ta · 06/18/2011, 01:32 PM

WOW slief, that's beautful work

z3r0ko0l · 06/18/2011, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by studentdriver

Wow, some of these dumps look better than my display tank.

sorry had a chuckle... thats a classic typo

Ethan Music · 06/19/2011, 12:03 PM

always loved slief's tank!! Watch your episode on LA fishguy all the time. You guys going to make an update vid on your LED fixtures in the future?

slief · 06/19/2011, 03:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rbredding

sha-

ZZAAMM!!!

that's pretty cool...
(what was your reasoning for designing a fuge like that? (benfits?)

Thanks! I did the fuge and sump seperate so I could get them under the tank through the existing door openings. As far as the fuge design, the water enters front and is evenly distributed via the grates and travels evenly across the fuge and exits out the back though another set of grates. The whole idea behind the design was evenly distributed flow across the whole fuge.

Here is another shot of it when it was being built. This might give you a better idea of what I'm talking about with the grates.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ethan Music

always loved slief's tank!! Watch your episode on LA fishguy all the time. You guys going to make an update vid on your LED fixtures in the future?

Thanks a bunch! I'm sure we will do some sort of follow up on the LED's down the line though nothing is really planned at this moment.

blynch002 · 06/20/2011, 06:05 PM

great thread...keep posting so I can steal your ideas!

Devaji108 · 07/27/2011, 02:09 PM

back to life...

salt0727 · 08/02/2011, 06:24 PM

wow! I am getting great ideas on how to make my sump look organized

mistaflicksta · 08/02/2011, 07:11 PM

biecacka · 08/03/2011, 12:51 PM

anyone using a 32 gallon brut trash can for a sump.
my new skimmer is too tall to fit under my stand. i live in a single story apartment so it has to be there or near it. the skimmer needs to be in water so i was gonna use a brute can to sit it in
thoughts
corey

chercm · 08/03/2011, 06:42 PM

here is my sump :

pmrossetti · 08/03/2011, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chercm

here is my sump :

Hey chercm, What kind of skimmer is that? cool looking

thanks

BigKahuna · 08/03/2011, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mistaflicksta

Mista - what kind of tank and stand is that?

SputnikNYC · 08/03/2011, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slief

Thanks! I did the fuge and sump seperate so I could get them under the tank through the existing door openings. As far as the fuge design, the water enters front and is evenly distributed via the grates and travels evenly across the fuge and exits out the back though another set of grates. The whole idea behind the design was evenly distributed flow across the whole fuge.

Here is another shot of it when it was being built. This might give you a better idea of what I'm talking about with the grates.

Thanks a bunch! I'm sure we will do some sort of follow up on the LED's down the line though nothing is really planned at this moment.

Love all your vids on LAFG, ever thought about starting your own YT channel? It would be freaking awesome

neondriver · 08/03/2011, 11:35 PM

wow all of you have nice setups..puts me to shame and makes me feel ghetto lol...i just bought my house and on a huge budget now...my tank came with a wet/dry setup. I removed all the internals, installed my skimmer where the bio balls were, made a plexi glass wall just before my pump bulk heads and made that section into a fuge with lr and cheato plus a t5 light. cost of conversion =$0.00 all just things i had laying around. but my fish are healthy coral frags are growing and now have coraline finally starting to spread (sore the 20k 400watt mh helped as well)

fsugmoney · 08/04/2011, 07:36 AM

Here is mine.

Saadatski · 08/04/2011, 10:04 AM

no one laugh at my sump please, its only 1 day old

also, after seeing everyones plaumbing, why does mine look overly simple. is there anything i can do to have better plumbing? or is this all i need?

very simple plumbing...

allsps40 · 08/04/2011, 10:28 AM

Need to update mine. New setup, see the change.

chercm · 08/04/2011, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pmrossetti

Hey chercm, What kind of skimmer is that? cool looking

thanks

it is Deltec AP701

pk-sd · 08/04/2011, 07:56 PM

My 40g sump....

thornious · 08/04/2011, 08:19 PM

Some of these are works of art themselves.

06/15/2011, 10:04 AM	#104
slief RC Sponsor Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 14,173	Here is my sump and fuge. I designed this to replace my wetdry filter.. Fuge This was taken just after I completed the swap from the wetdry filter. __________________ Director Customer Support Royal Exclusiv USA For All Royal Exclusiv & Bubble King questions please refer to our Sponsor forum: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=745 Current Tank Info: 480G display mixed reef, 90G sump, 90G refugium, 60G display refugium. Check out my build thread: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1783476 Last edited by slief; 06/15/2011 at 10:17 AM.

06/18/2011, 01:01 PM	#105
rbredding I HEART BUILD THREADS!!! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Alpharetta, Ga Posts: 337	sha- ZZAAMM!!! that's pretty cool... (what was your reasoning for designing a fuge like that? (benfits?) __________________ There are no stupid questions... especially when I ask them.. Current Tank Info: 90gal Reef & 30L Dwarf Fish Only

06/20/2011, 06:05 PM	#110
blynch002 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 70	great thread...keep posting so I can steal your ideas! __________________ T. Brian Lynch, Jr. An adventure is simply a well planned trip gone awry - Anonymous Current Tank Info: 75gal reef setup with 20gal DIY sump/fuge and a 20gal FOWLR nano

08/02/2011, 07:11 PM	#113
mistaflicksta Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 1,212	__________________ Erik G. Current Tank Info: 150H(48LX24WX30H), 302 Aquatics sump w/ATS, NWB 200 reef octopus skimmer w/DC pump, 2× MP40W, Varios 6 return pump, RKE, Avast Marine Kalk reactor, Kessil AP700

08/04/2011, 10:04 AM	#121
Saadatski Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 875	no one laugh at my sump please, its only 1 day old also, after seeing everyones plaumbing, why does mine look overly simple. is there anything i can do to have better plumbing? or is this all i need? very simple plumbing... __________________ 75 gallon FOWLR for now- 2x250w MH Current USA Outer Orbit with T5 actinic, Vortech MP40

05/18/2011, 08:20 PM	#101
D. Murphy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Harpursville, NY Posts: 77	It's interesting looking over the pics here. Several different designs. Some have the inlet with a protein skimmer at 1 end, with some chaeto in the middle and the return pump on the end. Others have the return pump in the middle. I'm looking into setting up a sump for my tank. I don't have the space that some of you do here. That's going to be my biggest problem. Anyone else have any different designs? Dan

06/14/2011, 06:23 PM	#102
Devaji108 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jackson Hole Wy Posts: 3,430	How about bring this thread back to life.

06/15/2011, 09:49 AM	#103
salsipuedes Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 209	I'll breathe some life into this with pics of my 92 corner sump later when I get home. Talk about a tank that's hard to build a sump for... geesh...

06/18/2011, 01:32 PM	#106
567234ta Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Fort Smith AR Posts: 579	WOW slief, that's beautful work

06/19/2011, 12:03 PM	#108
Ethan Music Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Shelby, Michigan Posts: 394	always loved slief's tank!! Watch your episode on LA fishguy all the time. You guys going to make an update vid on your LED fixtures in the future?

07/27/2011, 02:09 PM	#111
Devaji108 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Jackson Hole Wy Posts: 3,430	back to life...

08/02/2011, 06:24 PM	#112
salt0727 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Elgin Posts: 271	wow! I am getting great ideas on how to make my sump look organized

08/03/2011, 12:51 PM	#114
biecacka Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Columbus Ohio Posts: 6,361	anyone using a 32 gallon brut trash can for a sump. my new skimmer is too tall to fit under my stand. i live in a single story apartment so it has to be there or near it. the skimmer needs to be in water so i was gonna use a brute can to sit it in thoughts corey

08/03/2011, 06:42 PM	#115
chercm Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,971	here is my sump :

08/03/2011, 11:35 PM	#119
neondriver Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 25	wow all of you have nice setups..puts me to shame and makes me feel ghetto lol...i just bought my house and on a huge budget now...my tank came with a wet/dry setup. I removed all the internals, installed my skimmer where the bio balls were, made a plexi glass wall just before my pump bulk heads and made that section into a fuge with lr and cheato plus a t5 light. cost of conversion =$0.00 all just things i had laying around. but my fish are healthy coral frags are growing and now have coraline finally starting to spread (sore the 20k 400watt mh helped as well)

08/04/2011, 10:28 AM	#122
allsps40 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Arizona Posts: 4,627	Need to update mine. New setup, see the change. __________________ __________ Current Tank Info: Past reef tanks: 20H softy, 29G mixed reef, 55G mixed reef, 40B sps dominant mixed reef and 75G sps dominant mixed reef. No tank currently

08/04/2011, 07:56 PM	#124
pk-sd Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 203	My 40g sump....

08/04/2011, 08:19 PM	#125
thornious Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Newark, Ohio Posts: 47	Some of these are works of art themselves.