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Bigmiksears
09/25/2006, 04:37 AM
Howdi all

Currently sat in school bored and need to ask a favour....

Please if you have 5min could you answer the following questions. It is regarding my Sump/overflow box project which is still currently in tedious paper work form. However this link can show you some ideas....

http://www.tropicalfish.site5.com/t...ead.php?t=78924

The questionnaire is more aimed at salties but if you wish to answer then thats fine

If you wish to answer with A B C etc then that is fine



1. What age are you

a)0-15 b) 16-21 c) 22-30 d)30+

2. What type of set up do you have?

a) Tropical fresh water b) Brackish c)Tropical Marine (FO) d) TM (FOWLR)

e) Reef

3. Does your setup include a sump?

a) yes b) no

4. Did you hand build your sump or did your purchase it?

a)hand built b) Bought

5. How much did either of these types of setups cost? (GBP)

a) 0-50 b) 51-100 c) 101 - 150 d) 151 - 200 e) 200+

6. If a sump was developed to primarily use live forms of filtration such as calerpa and live sand by integrating a form of lighting fixture would you be interested in buying it?

a) yes b) no

7. Does the idea of a sump/overflow box system appeal to you?

a) yes b) no

8. What would be the main requirement for you if you were to buy such a product?

Please state...





Thank you very much for your time.

chefthomasr
09/25/2006, 08:33 AM
1. c
2. e
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. maybe
7. b
8. significantly more effective than currently available

ps your link doesn't work

Flobajob
09/25/2006, 12:28 PM
1 b
2 a and e
3 yes
4 a
5 e (if you mean how much did the sump cost then a)
6 depends on the price
7 b (my tank is predrilled though - maybe people with undrilled tanks would be interested).
8 must be well built and reasonably priced

Good luck with your project.

Flobajob.

dweakl01
09/25/2006, 03:34 PM
1. D

2. E

3. A

4. A

5. A

6.B

7. B

8. I wouldn't purchase one because its too easy to drill a tank and use an extra tank as a sump. Sorry.