In a previous house I had plumbed a sump in the basement. In this house I had the aquariums basically set up on a finished back porch. (That had it's own issues) As mentioned we now have a nice room for an aquarium. I was torn, I just spent a lot of time finishing this room. and was hesitant in drilling into the floor or walls.
The first time I set this aquarium up I built a low profile stand out of an old antique door.
It had a slide out sump. It worked fine, but eventually the stand was a bit cramped after adding more equipment.
Finally I decided that I was going to drill, I chose drilling the base board I installed since I could easily replace if I decided to take the tank down.
No turning back, I will have a basement sump.
Here is an early pic of the sump as I started to see if things are working as needed.
I will clean up and turn this area into a small fish area... This sump is from the 525 Red Sea reefer, it's almost as big as the cube aquarium. The empty Red Sea is sitting in the back porch room, wife wants me to sell it. Somehow I manage to change the subject.
The aquarium now has water, this thread is to monitor progress. I found it nice to be able to look back and see how things have changed. Sometimes not always good, but always a learning experience.
In terms of simplicity, I think the basement sump was a good decision. It has already made everything much easier and there is no water spilled up stairs.
The slide out sump has the gears in my head spinning too lol
