Not sure what to do?

maf154 · Jan 17, 2015

I have been looking at a lot other setup's and I am intrigued with the idea of doing some thing different. I currently have a wet dry filter that is barley big enough to hold my pump and skimmer. It is very small and does not hold a lot of water. So what should I do I was thinking of taking my fifty gallon that I have in the basement and running it as my sump in the basement. I have no clue what I am doing so I plan on taking this slow. I know with head pressure and what not I would need a big pump. My current tank is not drilled, I have an overflow box currently. I was also wondering if I can put a bigger sump or wet dry under my tank, I know I have two feet of room left but would be worried about putting something larger underneath in the fact that it might not fit. I am thinking basement and plumbing is way to go, but I don't have a clue on would even start this project? Or how to approach it? Any thoughts?

heathd.hd · Jan 17, 2015

Basement would be sweet cause than you can do all your fun water stuff down there but you are correct with pump difficulty. Also I would make getting your tank drilled a priority! Overflow boxes are scary. How big is the tank and stand?

maf154 · Jan 17, 2015

I have a seventy five gallon, standard four foot. Geez I guess I have been lucky ran tank for about five years straight with out an issue with overflow

heathd.hd · Jan 17, 2015

They work just scarey. Lol. The siphon is the scarey part. Or maybe it's just me watching the water go over the tank in a tube.

heathd.hd · Jan 17, 2015

You will be happy to get rid of the wet dry no matter what you decide. So many cool things you can do in a nice big sump.

mcarroll · Jan 17, 2015

Basement sump = monster return pump. Not worth it on a tiny tank like that IMO.

If you really wanna do something more interesting, go sumpless/all-in-one and lose all the extra complexity/plumbing.

$0.02