I currently have a 55 gal tank upstairs in my room. We are working on finding a nice stand and relocating it to our living room. Right now the only filtration is a fluval canister filter. I am looking to have a 30 gal sump eventually. The issue is I absolutely know nothing about sumps or plumbing. Any help is appreciated as right now I am looking to learn everything about it.
Moving tank eventually. Need sump help!
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Feltman
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When it comes to sumps the possibilities are literly endless. It really depends on what equipment your looking to house in it. Generally biggest piece of equipment actually in a sump is your skimmer so look for a skimmer first then a sump to fit it. Another thing to consider is price, they make some very nice manufactured sumps but run pretty expensive and limit you to there specs. A cheaper more custom route is a petco 1$ a gallon sale and pick up a aqueon tank that will fit under your stand and place baffles in it that way. Just look in the diy section there not difficult. One thing I'd say is put a small recirculation fan in the sump to help stir detritus and get a return pump at least twice the size u need and manifold it to run your reactors instead of running individual pumps for each reactor. To be honest the possibilities are endless and it's what u really want to get out of it. Start with the equipment then find the sump to fit it.
