farkwar Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 Watch "DIY Awesome Sump Design" on YouTube DIY Awesome Sump Design: Simple 20 gallon tall. No refugium or ATO chamber. That small chamber holds the down drain pipe. Acts as a bubble remover, a heater chamber, a snail or hermit catch. Water flows out and down into the sock. When the sock is full it waterfalls off the lip, audibly make you aware that sock is full. Change the sock without touching or fighting with the slippery drain pipe. Quick, clean, easy. The first baffle can hold floss filter, or maybe a bag of carbon and gfo. Grate chamber is upflow for placment of cermedia ceramic balls. Last chamber obviously the return pump chamber. Nice and small for tighter hysteresis for the ATO, and flood mitigation. Link to comment
bdevillier19 Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 i built something similar out of a 20 gallon long. i was sick and tired of having to get the filter socks on and off of the drain pipe so i did the same style filter sock holder. i had everything laser cut out of 1/4" smoked acrylic. the sections over the filter socks and the return pump have lids to make things look nicer Link to comment
JR! Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 really would like to have something like that made Link to comment
BattleAthletics Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Tall haven't seen fins 40breeder sump huh, her you go. http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140651 40 Gallon Breeder Sump Link to comment
Halo_003 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 i built something similar out of a 20 gallon long. i was sick and tired of having to get the filter socks on and off of the drain pipe so i did the same style filter sock holder. i had everything laser cut out of 1/4" smoked acrylic. the sections over the filter socks and the return pump have lids to make things look nicer That's the exact design I want to do when I do mine. My will be a 15G probably though. Link to comment
bdevillier19 Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 really would like to have something like that made The acrylic cost me $55, the tank was $20 at petco's DPG sale, and luckily a fellow reefer (who is also a customer of mine at work) did the laser work for free. If you'd like I can send you the files of my drawings so you can find somewhere to cut it for you. Ponoko does laser cutting and I've seen a few people on the forums use it but I'm not sure what they charge. https://www.ponoko.com Link to comment
RK_tek Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 This past weekend I made a box to hold my filter socks as I was tired of wrestling with drain pipes and such. Link to comment
bdevillier19 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 RK, isn't it awesome? I'll never have anything but this style of filter sock mount. And for those looking into this. I use the BRS socks with the plastic rings. On my holder the upper/larger diameter is 4.25" and the lower/smaller diameter is 3.75" Link to comment
atrox Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Nice design but if I never have to hear that song again I'll die a happy man. Link to comment
RK_tek Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 RK, isn't it awesome? I'll never have anything but this style of filter sock mount. And for those looking into this. I use the BRS socks with the plastic rings. On my holder the upper/larger diameter is 4.25" and the lower/smaller diameter is 3.75" It is awesome. I use the BRS socks as well. Now if only I could remember where I put one of my spares Link to comment
bdevillier19 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Nice design but if I never have to hear that song again I'll die a happy man. What song? Link to comment
atrox Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The back ground music on you're video The back ground music on you're video lol just realized that's not ur video Link to comment
atrox Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 It is awesome. I use the BRS socks as well. Now if only I could remember where I put one of my spares Look on amazon very cheap place for socks. Link to comment
bdevillier19 Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 The back ground music on you're video The back ground music on you're video lol just realized that's not ur video Gotcha. But yeah not my video. Lol. Link to comment
farkwar Posted August 20, 2014 Author Share Posted August 20, 2014 Nice design but if I never have to hear that song again I'll die a happy man. Its a song about Kate Bush getting wet. I thought it was appropriate for the sump getting wet for the first time. Link to comment
hey Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Its a song about Kate Bush getting wet. I thought it was appropriate for the sump getting wet for the first time. so much thought put into this sump and soundtrack haha Link to comment
Coolhandreefer Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 LOL, I just had to post and say that's the funniest song for a sump video I've ever heard, thanks for the laugh. Link to comment
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