Don't you wish everything was made like rubbermaide (sumps)

[LizardKing]

I posted a week ago about connecting my (2) 120's and my (2) 125's together, and it became apparent I would need to sump them together. As I dont currently have glass drill bits, I decided to try a rubbermaide sump system. Im aware they like to bow, ect, but felt I would be fine. The stands are so tight against the sump, that any bowing will be counteracted by the stands.

I drilled a 2 1/8" hold in the back of the tub to install a 1 1/2" bulkhead on each sump. They are each connected by a 1 1/2" pvc pipe so if any one system shuts down the sump will not flood.

I will try and get shots of the returns that I plumbed together on each tank. I get great flow off of 4 pumps for the system (all crappy rios). I hope to upgrade all the pumps in the near future, this is all just leftovers put into work for now.

Currently I am running 3 of the 4 tanks with 3 of theese sumps

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I will be adding the 4th tank this week when I get my stand in, and will add the 4th sump then. I will also be adding a large free standing skimmer off the entire unit soon. And within a few months I plan to add in a 650 gallon stock tank in the basement to feed it all.

I was considering buying a tidepool sump from marineland for each one, and that would have been almost 600$ in sumps. The rubbermaid system came in around 30$ per tub. Gotta love diy projects.

[guitarguy514]

I use a 18gallon rubbermaid container for my sump on my 37 gallon and love it. Couldnt be happier with it.

[r00onmac]

45 gallon sterilite tub (wal mart version of rubbermaid) works great... gives me the water volume i desire (well not really but closer to 1,000,000,000 gallons than i would be without it) while having a decent sized display that wont get me thrown out of my residence hall...

[fewells]

I've got the 150 rubbermaid stock ponds on my reef. 69.99 and came with a bulkhead in the bottom already.

[hahnmeister]

I love those rubbermaid stock tanks... got a 300g one for $120.

[LizardKing]

Yea I plan to add a 650 gallon one to this system in the near future. I just need to wait to get on to 2007's books for tax reasons. With that, and the small sumps I have to get by with now, I should be pushing about 1100-1200 gallons on this system. This should help a newbie like myself keep a bit better water quality.