sil80guy Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 So i decided to get a 55g tank, and using a 20g for the sump/refug. But I have no idea how to do it. Can anyone help me by sending me in the right direction to a diy or something similar? Link to comment
reefone Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 look around here http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html Link to comment
DCG1286 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I have a 45G with 10G sump. It's all a matter of what you want to build...I bought the overflow box and tubing at the LFS for $50. I have an Hagen 70 (802) pumping the water back into the tank. In the sump I divided it into two sections using eggcrate, cut it to fit into the tank...in one section (1/4 of the sump), i put the 802, and a protein skimmer, in the other section (3/4) I put live sand and lots of live rock rubble and some plants into it along with a compact lighting strip for the rock and plants. If you wanted to make your own overflow box: http://www.aquariumlife.net/projects/diy-overflow/70.asp I have actually even seen someone make an overflow box out of an ordinary water bottle...I believe it was posted on youtube... I read through these before making mine... http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/diysumppl..._Sump_Plans.htm Link to comment
sil80guy Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 thanks for the quick answers im taking a look at the link that reefone gave me and it looks kinda of simple . do you have any pics of your sump DCG? Link to comment
thaijungle Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Melev makes great stuff. I copied melev's 29g sump for my own sump/refug. Link to comment
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