Sump?

Bigshow · 09/14/2009, 05:19 PM

Right now all I have is a emperium 400 and a koralia as filtration and flow. Anyone recommend a sump with a protein skimmer and refigum. And if so what do you all recommend me buy. I have a 75 gallon tank with 100 pnds of rock.

Urchinhead · 09/14/2009, 06:08 PM

You have a couple of options... You can roll your own with a standard 10/20 gallon aquarium, some glass panels, silicone, and sweat for a modest cost or you can spend the money to purchase a pre-built one from one of the sponsors here.

Personally I would advise you to roll your own if you are at all handy as its not that hard to do yourself. Here is a good link to read about the process as well as what a sump is and does:

http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html

Urchinhead · 09/14/2009, 06:09 PM

Follow up to my post... You don't necessarily have to build it out of Acrylic like he does. You can use a standard 10 gallon aquarium you get from your local LFS and just add in glass baffles like I mention above.

09/14/2009, 05:19 PM	#1
Bigshow Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Paseo District/Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 256	Sump? Right now all I have is a emperium 400 and a koralia as filtration and flow. Anyone recommend a sump with a protein skimmer and refigum. And if so what do you all recommend me buy. I have a 75 gallon tank with 100 pnds of rock.

09/14/2009, 06:08 PM	#2
Urchinhead Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Gabriel, California Posts: 681	You have a couple of options... You can roll your own with a standard 10/20 gallon aquarium, some glass panels, silicone, and sweat for a modest cost or you can spend the money to purchase a pre-built one from one of the sponsors here. Personally I would advise you to roll your own if you are at all handy as its not that hard to do yourself. Here is a good link to read about the process as well as what a sump is and does: http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html

09/14/2009, 06:09 PM	#3
Urchinhead Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: San Gabriel, California Posts: 681	Follow up to my post... You don't necessarily have to build it out of Acrylic like he does. You can use a standard 10 gallon aquarium you get from your local LFS and just add in glass baffles like I mention above.