Sumps and their price
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Dom
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Aqueon has a series of "long" tanks. I recently purchased a 20 gallon long and turned it into a sump.
It is a simple sump, divided into a filter chamber with filter media and live rock below it. Then to a refugium and finally to a return chamber which houses my protein skimmer, heater, ATO float and return pump.
I had a local glass shop cut my baffling and used a tube of aquarium safe silicone from BRS to set my baffles. Some egg crate to hold filter media.
In all, I built the sump for around $100.
Things in the hobby are expensive enough. I go DIY when I can.
Dom
It is a simple sump, divided into a filter chamber with filter media and live rock below it. Then to a refugium and finally to a return chamber which houses my protein skimmer, heater, ATO float and return pump.
I had a local glass shop cut my baffling and used a tube of aquarium safe silicone from BRS to set my baffles. Some egg crate to hold filter media.
In all, I built the sump for around $100.
Things in the hobby are expensive enough. I go DIY when I can.
Dom
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I was using a 20 long that I made for 10 years decided to buy a prebuilt one for the aesthetics also it wasn't too expensive
https://www.aquariumspecialty.com/biotek-marine-bio-series-sump-30-x-15-x-16.html
https://www.aquariumspecialty.com/biotek-marine-bio-series-sump-30-x-15-x-16.html
