sump advice

Hey y’all! I’m setting up a remote sump in my back room for a tank in my living room. I have a subfloor house that about ~30” off the ground and my stand is ~33” tall. My back porch is on the slab (ground level) and about 10-15’ from where the tank is, depending on how I run the pipes...

What are these white stuff in my low flow sump? I’m in the middle of cycling and dosed Dr Tim’s ammonium chloride a few days ago and used Fritz Turbo Start. I did not use any live rock, just Marco rocks and live Fiji pink sand from CaribSea. They’re stationary/do not move.

I need help with my sump should I stay using filter floss on the top layer of the cups or should I replace the 1st cup with a filter sock(i’ve been hearing it was better). Or can I have a combination of filter floss for the first layer followed by cup 1 as a sock filter and the other cups as bio...

I have a question about wet/dry and sump. I have both and was planning to use them.. in the sump there will be a refugium and a protein skimmer. Is this overkill? It’s been awhile since I have done this, so be kind. 😂 It is a 125 gallon aquarium with 5 gallon wet/dry and 29 gallon sump.

Hi thanks for the warm welcome 🙏 my name is farmer james I am looking to set up a new 30 gal tank with a sump. Iv ran salt tanks with fish and anemones in the past but only with canister filters. my questions are ,how should I set up my media and what media? in what chambers? ,in time once...

I heard two completely different perspectives from fellow reefers this weekend and wanted to see what the broader community thinks. Do you clean your sump? If so, what’s your reasoning and how often do you do it? If you don’t clean your sump, have you noticed any impact on your system, or do...

Howdy All, My sump came with the tank and it’s originally from China so the dimensions and sump design are a little different to a typical North American set up. I have the sump pretty much figured out at this point and I’m going to have a bio media chamber that all of the flow will pass...

Calling all sump designers! I have this old 40 gallon that used to be a freshwater tank, with dimensions 99cm long x 39 cm wide x 42cm tall, that I would like to turn into a sump. To be honest I have no idea where to start with this. My first question is what would be what is the best way to...

I’m redoing the baffles in my refugium, but I don’t want to drain and dry the whole thing to silicone in the new baffles. It’s kind of the heart of my whole system. I’m wondering if there are any products out there that use a magnet on the can simply hold the baffles in place, also so I can take...

I’m redoing the baffles in my refugium, but I don’t want to drain and dry the whole thing to silicone in the new baffles. It’s kind of the heart of my whole system. I’m wondering if there are any products out there that use a magnet on the can simply hold the baffles in place, also so I can take...

Sump is losing water somewhere I constantly have to top off the ato doesn’t keep up I know evaporation bt I think I may have something hooked up wrong any help would be great

this is a new to me acrylic 180 gallon with a single corner overflow. This will be the first tank I’ve had with a sump and I’m having trouble figuring out what pipes need to go to where. I have two 1-5/8” holes, two 1-3/8” holes, and a 2-3/8” hole in the bottom of the overflow. I plan to get...

Good day everyone. I just got myself a 125 gallon aquarium and I am trying to absorb all the information I can about running a set up this large. I have decided I would like to run a sump with an internal box/tower. My question is, instead of having the water overflow the top of the box could...

Hello fellow reefers, first time poster here after being a loyal lurker for a few years now! I am currently preparing to upgrade from a 60-70Gallon reefer 350 (lowered to 18inch height) to a 10'x24" wide x 18" tall 200G~ tank after moving in my new house. (Photo of the sump/stand below) I...

Ok so not new to marine tanks but just made the decision to do a huge upgrade. I have had a small 32 gal biocube that I have had for about 5+ years. I have been successful with some nice corals and a few cool fish but want the ability to grow even more corals and get some bigger cooler fish now...

is the first chambler able to be "modified" to support a filter roller instead. i know it will require cutting out some of the acrylic and was wondering if the yellow acrilic was structual or just for flow direction?

Hi all, Would really appreciate some advice / input on the sump for a 1.8m (6ft) 180g display. I'm trying to keep things simple, also note the sump size can still be changed, the dimensions was given by tank builder. The width of sump not displayed is 50cm/19.6in. 1. From face value, am I...

I'm considering downgrading my RFS39 sump from IM to a smaller sump so I have more room under the cabinet and I am looking for recommendations. I was considering the Bashsea 30x10x14 or the Bashsea 30x14x16, which would leave me about 14 inches of space rather than just 4, but I don't know if...

So I bought the EXT 100 and as I pulled everything out of the crates, I realized this sump is huge. Would it be worth replacing? If so, what size sump would be sufficient? I was looking at buying something from Bashsea, maybe this one? Or perhaps one size up from this one...

Hey friends. First post, new to saltwater aquariums and sumps. 60gal cube display tank and 75 gal sump. I’m not worried about drain back with a power outage due to having plenty of space in this sump to accommodate my display. But I’m am wondering how much to fill the sump for best flow and to...

Hey all. My sump is way too small on my Red Sea 300 G2 I have a reefmat 500 in there. I don’t need the room inside the stand for anything else other then the sump since I have all my controllers and wiring etc in a controller board, so I’m ok with going with a sump that takes the whole space...

Sump construction Looking for a little advice since I have been a little out of touch with the hobby for a few years Last time I set up a sump for a tank it was more of the wet/dry type that my understanding is out of style now for being a “nitrate factory” which I can attest to. I did have a...

PLEASE READ THE WHOLE POST Recently bought a 125g setup for $500, came with lights, 50g wet/dry sump, lids, stand, 100+ lbs of rock + sand and of course, the tank. I plan on making this my new main setup/display tank. I am looking for recommendations if I could put any more fish in or how I...

So im currently looking into buying a 75 gallon tank from petco with the upcoming 50% off discount to eventually turn into my DT (Granted i plan to probably wait a few months as my 25g has only been cycled for roughly 2 months and i feel that might mess up all my current work so ill probably...

Soooo.... I have a 20L Fusion NUVO and it's just way too crowded for my liking. I am actually planning on moving in the next year from Oregon to California so i do have to take this into consideration since my wife won't be thrilled having to move an enormous tank. So i think my plan is to have...