Show Me The Sumps!

[Dowtish]

I would love to see everybodies DIY sumps being built and or installed. Different ideas and designs, to the most simple.

 

[mikejrice]

Nothing fancy, but it works.

Michael Rice
Marine Engineers Aquarium Blog
Sent from Tapatalk so excuse my poor English

 

[Troylee]

All mine are in a sticky on the top of this forum... It's not letting me link right now from my phone..:sad:

 

[Mike&Terry]

Here's a recent video of our remote sump room:

[video=youtube;tvfzQXh6vEk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvfzQXh6vEk&hd=1[/video]

 

[Dowtish]

Thanks Mike and Terry, I have a long way to go.:wink:

 

[florida reef]

Mike and Terry...Your tank is definitely becoming one of my favorites and this video is amazing!

 

[boehm742]

This was the 20L i had on my 55g back in the day, im yet to get pics of my 180's setup.

 

[Dowtish]

That's what I will be working with. A 20L, but it will be to the right of the tank, not under it.

 

[cdness]

Love the video, I can't wait until I have room to do something like that. It sure makes keeping the display noise down and keep the equipment easy to work on...

I have had a 20Long, 40 Breeder, and will have a 75G sumps. I'll get some more recent pics, but they may be dirty...lol.

Here is my 20 Long with the 10G fuge off the back:

40 breeder pics to come and 75G still needs to be built...

 

[Mike&Terry]

Thanks Mike and Terry, I have a long way to go.:wink:

Thanks Dowtish. I'm sure you are doing just fine.

Mike and Terry...Your tank is definitely becoming one of my favorites and this video is amazing!

Thank you florida reef! We really appreciate the kind words!

 

[Dowtish]

Really nice work man! where do you get plumbing like that?

 

[Leishman]

Here's mine.

My tank is in storage right now (just built a new house) but when I reset it up the frag area of the sump will be for the ATO water.

 

[bige]

I'm too insecure to show mine now. Those are all so nice. But I love seeing them.

 

[Reeferon]

I'm too insecure to show mine now. Those are all so nice. But I love seeing them.

Lol.

 

[Dowtish]

These are great! keep em coming folks. Lots of great ideas and designs.

 

[lemonyx]

Here's our sump, it's 48"L x 24"D x 16"H We are using the bean animal overflow on this new 180gal tank (cycling) The skimmer is DIY by me :bigsmile: the body is 10" cast acrylic tube and stands 28" tall to the top of the cup.
The sump material is 3/8" cast but the sock holder is 3/4", ran out of 3/8" :tongue:

The fuge area. The DIY media reactor is here temporarily until I can make a stand in the return area to hold 3 DIY media reactors. This area will have cheato and you can see the heaters hanging on the baffle wall, 2x Ebo's 300w

The return area with an adjustable float switch for the ATO with a slosh guard around it. The return is an AMPMaster 3000 Dolphin pump that I have rebuilt by Dolphin.

The return manifold, 1 1/2" pvc w/ 3 John Guest valves for the media reactors and the gate valve for the frag tank (to be plumbed in)

That frothy foam in the skimmer

Shot of the empty sump from the return end

Looking toward the return end, the heater racks in the fuge area, the probe holders in the skimmer area and the fuge area.