View Full Version : Post Pics of Your Sump!!
forddna
01/06/2008, 06:15 PM
Please help some of us newbs out by posting pics of your sump! It is very much appreciated!
treny
01/06/2008, 07:32 PM
not sure if this will help but heres mine... It's custom made by my LFS
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/frazier0488/IMG00035-1.jpg
ret25yo
01/06/2008, 08:44 PM
also custom made...
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc129/ret25yo/sumpplumbing004.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc129/ret25yo/DSC00306.jpg
Kentanner11
01/06/2008, 09:15 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11536932#post11536932 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by treny
not sure if this will help but heres mine... It's custom made by my LFS
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/frazier0488/IMG00035-1.jpg
that is detailed!!!:rollface:
eznet2u
01/06/2008, 10:28 PM
Built this IN the stand. It is too large to take out of the stand.
First pictures without baffles...front.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/295/sump001kh2.jpg
Back...
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4430/sump002fy4.jpg
All glass is 1/4" thick black. Front is clear.
Spraybar for the refugium.
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/469/sump013fy8.jpg
With Baffles...
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1859/1002484zl2.jpg
Return Pump Section...(Yeah 2 pumps...)
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7272/1002489mj8.jpg
A little Video of the 'fuge in action...
Click Here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OymKkBwEk3I)
treny
01/06/2008, 10:31 PM
the guy that makes these is one of the best at making sump's or really anything!!lol this is his store site http://www.coraldoc.net/
Toddrtrex
01/06/2008, 10:51 PM
Mine are a bit more simple and not as fancy. ;)
20 H for my 58
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/cleansump.jpg
10 for my 29
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/10galsump.jpg
30 for my 75
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/30gsump.jpg
Bebo77
01/06/2008, 10:58 PM
here is my sump
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/Bebo77/sump11.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/Bebo77/sump10.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/Bebo77/FinalSump-1.jpg
reef / aholic
01/07/2008, 08:43 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11538630#post11538630 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
Mine are a bit more simple and not as fancy.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/139055Sump.JPG
steelerguy
01/07/2008, 10:14 AM
Here is my home made acrylic sump.
Here it is working while I cycled my tank.
http://www.oreycay.com/aquarium/sump_in_action.jpg
Here it is right after I finished building it.
http://www.oreycay.com/aquarium/sump1.jpg
forddna
01/07/2008, 01:45 PM
Thanks everyone!! Especially the more simple designs. Those are easier for us rookies to understand. lol
Do most of you prefer external return pumps?
Haxer
01/07/2008, 01:58 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11538630#post11538630 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex
Mine are a bit more simple and not as fancy. ;)
20 H for my 58
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/cleansump.jpg
10 for my 29
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/10galsump.jpg
30 for my 75
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/30gsump.jpg
Toddrtrex,
Where does the intake for your T4 go to in your sump ? I didnt know you could plumb an external pump this way. I thought it would drain back when the power is off and lose suction, as it has to come up and over the sump wall ?
steelerguy
01/07/2008, 10:31 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11542498#post11542498 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Haxer
Toddrtrex,
Where does the intake for your T4 go to in your sump ? I didnt know you could plumb an external pump this way. I thought it would drain back when the power is off and lose suction, as it has to come up and over the sump wall ?
It looks to me like the intake in pulling from the fuge section. My guess is there is a small chamber separated from the fuge that the water flows into. As long as the end of the intake tube (and the return tube) stay submerged when power is cut, no water will flow out. It kind of like a closed loop at that point.
db_triggerfish
01/07/2008, 10:39 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11536932#post11536932 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by treny
not sure if this will help but heres mine... It's custom made by my LFS
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/frazier0488/IMG00035-1.jpg
i am sorry for asking but is that gate valve copper or some yellow colored plastic?
flipteg
01/07/2008, 10:54 PM
my sump/refugium is very simple... it is a 5.5 gallon standard tank with no baffles... this is for my 30 gallon cube... the tank used to have a hang on protein skimmer with no sump/refugium... i had a constant problem with excess nutrients and the main reason for adding the sump is to grow cheato and so i can use a much larger protein skimmer... even though the sump does not have any baffles, i do not have problems with micro bubbles because i am only running about 70-90gph through the sump using an Ehiem 1250 return pump... the only "baffle" the sump has is a 1 gallon Gatorade bottle with the top cut off... this is to provide the skimmer's feed pump a constant water level...
http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p264/francisfaustino/Aquarium/IMG_1399.jpg
Snowboarda42
01/07/2008, 11:03 PM
20L Before I added sand
http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/snowboarda42/P1020864.jpg
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/9197/p1020862fs7.jpg
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5104/p1020857gt8.jpg
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/2654/p1020863gx4.jpg
Toddrtrex
01/08/2008, 11:16 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11542498#post11542498 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Haxer
Toddrtrex,
Where does the intake for your T4 go to in your sump ? I didnt know you could plumb an external pump this way. I thought it would drain back when the power is off and lose suction, as it has to come up and over the sump wall ?
steelerguy pretty much got it right. It is called the over the top method. Don't need to drill your sump that way. Just have to prime the pipes once and the water stays in them. Think the longest that I've had the main pump off was 4 hours and it started right back up.
You prime it by putting a "T" in the return line with a screw cap fitting (( See picture )). Put a ball valve below it in the sump, close it off and fill with water. When the line is all full of water screw the cap back on. Turn on the pump, open the ball valve and away you go. Sounds more complex then it really is. 2 out of 3 of my sumps are that way, and have been running for 4+ years without issue.
BTW -- it is a T2. :)
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/Sump/P5240045.jpg
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