sump design

I'm setting up an observation tank that I would eventually like to turn into a mantis/frag tank one day. It came with this acrylic sump that had a trickle tray w/ bio balls and a sponge in the bottom separating the chambers. For the observation tank I could honestly probably run that setup for...

Howdy everyone, I am planning my transition from freshwater to saltwater over the next few months and I need some help designing my sump. The aquarium is 67.5 gallons, like a tall 55g. I have kept a reef with my dad when I was a teenager and helped him set it all up, that was 15 years ago and...

I have a 60 gallon cube with a 18 gallon eshopps sump and eshopps pf-800 hob overflow. Looking at the Syncra SDC 6.0 that has a flow of 530-1450 or the Syncra SFC7.0 that has a flow of 800-1900. My return pipe will be around 4 feet with two 90 degree angles in it. Would you go with the 6.0 or...

Included diagram should hopefully give a good sense of what I’m asking. Do people prefer sumps that dump water directly to the mechanical filtration or should they have some sort of spillover “staging area”? I’m assuming the spillover staging area might keep things a little quieter, right? Also...

Hello everyone, I apologize there is a million posts on sump design and honestly I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to understand them. Gathered as much knowledge as I can but I can't seem to figure out same basic stuff, I see many complicated designs and I don't know what I need yet...

My little standalone HOB filter isn't cutting it anymore. I have no Skimmer and rather than just add a little HOB Skimmer I will be converting a 10 Gallon I have been using to prep water for water changes into a sump. Frequent water changes are getting annoying and I get frequent algae and...

I currently use an Oase Biomaster 250 on a 20 gal tank, but I'm building a cabinet sump. I've heard of others using a canister filter instead of a return pump, the difference being that a filter sock and bio media are no longer required in the sump. Mine would just be a skimmer and a refugium...

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I'm doing research ahead of time before buying and setting up my first saltwater tank. It will be FOWLR, with the exception of possibly an anemone down the road at some point if/when I'm confident I can take care of one properly. The display tank will be in the range of 20-30 gallons and the...

Okay so I have this tank I’m about to set up and upgrade to but only thing left for me to do is the sump. I have my complete tank setup everything is ready except the sump. sump design is incredibly difficult for me to understand anyways, it doesn’t help that there are no baffles that came...

Hello All, So I'm looking to get a waterbox 60.2DX because the standard sump in my opinion is straight trash. I am having trouble understanding the DX sump for the 60.2 because there is an ATO reservoir in it when I could be using that real estate for a refugium for my tank. (picture below for...

Hi all, I am looking at new sumps, and I wanted to compare different sump builds so I wanted to find out what people rate. So question, what do people think is the best sump out there and why? And if you were to pick a custom-made sump over a stand buy off the shelve, what makes it need to be...

Hello my friends, after 15 years assembling freshwater fish aquariums, I decided to enter the world of reefs where I have always followed and studied but for reasons of cost and time of dedication I left it for later. But the time has come. that it's alright and i don't do big things I will...

hello, so i have a fluval evo but would like to upgrade. im looking into a fijicube rimless overflow that is predrilled and ive been toying with the idea of using the evo as a sump for this, im not an expert and would like some help with a design, so im thinking of and another divider in the...

Hi everyone, I’m planning a bean animal backpack overflow on my new build, and also want to include an automatic fleece roller (the only style available here is pictured). Any suggestions on how to plumb the two return lines from the bean animal into the fleece roller? I’m sure someone must...

Hi all, so smy 525XL that I am attempting to give a good clean out to is going well in the actual tank itself, not so underneath as yet, but I thought before I get to far ahead, I should just check for any leaks. So I filled the overflow box in my 525xl tank to see if no 1.) the 3 pipes that are...

I’ve been slowly working on this tank build. I purchased the Neptune Systems ApexEL a couple of years ago, but never installed it. I doubt if the PH probe is still viable, but I want to reach out to this group for your thoughts. Is the probe trash, or can it be salvaged Also, I’m still trying...

I would really appreciate all feedback. Finally I have started assembling my tank and now working with sump phase. It has been on hold for three years since priories changed with new born back then and I have been stuck few days with how to setup the baffles in the sump to have silent water flow...

I switched from socks to Red Sea media cups, and there's a trickle coming from the "sliders" that the cups drop into. Has anyone else had this issue, and how did you remedy it? I've already tried adjusting the return pump flow (Jebao DCT-4000) and the overflow with no luck. Return has been...

I have been working on what originally was a 40 gallon breeder sump conversion for the last 2 months or so, and I am looking for constructive feedback. In the works is an entire sump build customizable in design and color (I have Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red, and Purple) This current one for...

Hi, I'm trying to make a 10 gallon sump for my 16 gallon biocube and am wondering if this design for the baffles is good? Thanks

Hi Considering taking my 60cm cube (24 inches) live, but not happy with its simple glass box sump. I want to run a refugium and a skimmer, also want space for a media (going to run Orca Lab bio cubes) in the sump. Any designs out there that works under cubes this size? What small footprint...

I am planning my new sump and have the below in mind. Any suggestions and advice are welcome. Measurement are in inch - L - 36', W - 20', H - 18'

Bought a 125 megaflow and it came with a simplistic sump. Trying to figure out if it is worth adding another chamber for the skimmer, thus creating a cheato refugium area before the return. Bought some acrylic to rtv in, but unsure of the following: 1) Not sure what height for the skimmer area -...

Hello, i recently started building a larger reef tank. I got a 25g Rimless tank, it came with a sump & stand. Anyways i got it drilled and added a overflow. I got the...