sump advice

In the process of piecing together my first build and I’m wondering about this chamber on the used sump I bought. I assumed it was a refugium but it only has one notch on top, so no real in and out, is this typical? Would I rely on a pump to get water in and out? I don’t think it’s the fresh...

I put away the hardware for my 75 gallon reef tank about 20 years ago. So, with a recent move, I rediscovered all of the equipment and I started looking at my current space for the next generation 75 gallon reef for soft and stony corals with a few fish. I have Lots of factors to consider...

Hey Guys, I currently have a 40 gallon Trigger sump I just set up with my 50 gallon frag tank. Anyways this is my first sump so I am kind of going in blind at the moment not knowing how to place everything in terms of media and such so if you guys could just give me any tips or what to change...

Hello all, I've been reefing for the past year with a canister filter. I converted my freshwater to salt water after my fish died. My tank lasted a year with the canister until it broke. My corals never really thrived. I upgraded my lights to AI Prime HD 16s recently. Now that my canister...

Thinking about scraping the premade stand I have and just starting a new one to properly fit the sump I got. Try to think how much frequently used items and equipment I should plan for? Things you wish you did like power strips on the outside etc? I know we all make do and learn as we go, but...

Hey everyone! So I’ve got an AquaOne 255 Reefsys tank to set up. We decided on a Redsea skimmer, reefmat and dc pump. It’s a pretty tight squeeze but it all fits! However since we are by passing the filter sock compartment with the reefmat we are left with an unused compartment. The local fish...

I bought a 220g tank this weekend with a 40 breeder sump and stand. I’m trying to figure out the best way to set up the overflows. The tank has 2 corner baffles with 2 holes drilled in each baffle. It looked like the previous owner had it setup with 2 drains and 2 returns for the majority of the...

Hello, I’m looking to add a sump to my 60 gallon breeder tank. I plan on making a 40 gallon breeder sump using the Fiji cube baffle kit. I’m looking for recommendations on a return pump, skimmer, overflow box, and plumbing as well. I’m pretty sure the tank is made of tempered glass and so I have...

For fun I've been messing around with adding an overflow box to a water box 25 gallon peninsula in order to have a sump in the stand. In doing so I found been using a nano refugium I can fit and automatic fleece roller a full size protein skimmer, an algae reactor, as well as media reactors...

So this is my first sump setup and I have never seen one setup in person so I have what may be an obvious question/ answer. I have finished my hard plumbing on my 125 and have a trigger 39 sump. I am in process of leak testing my build and noticed the egg crate slats and foam do not sit nearly...

Hi, I just bought a 240G and I want to make it able to filter with a 90G sump. The aquarium size is: 72x32x24 Both big hole on each side is at 6" from the side panel, and both hole are drill at 2 1/4". Has I bought use, what I can do for a filtration with a sump with these two hole? I want a...

I have a dumb question. I have a icecap 24 sump. I'm getting tired of replacing socks lol. Does anyone know if you can install the redsea reefmat 500 in it? I know I will have to cut baffles and all that. Probably have to make the skimmer chamber bigger and install both my skimmer and the...

I currently have a sump area I would like to hide. I’m good at diy. I have the means to cut wood and build something. However I currently am using fabric and Velcro. I want something that looks nice and maybe even gives the ability to screw things on to the back as I’d like to have a control...

We are looking to build a 75-gallon tank setup for a snowflake eel. I would like to be able to keep the tank for a long time and upgrade it as we go, but for now, I'm wondering what the cheapest/most efficient filtration setup would be. I have been doing quite a bit of research but I'm still a...

Hello, not really new to hobby just new to the sump world was running 2 cans on my 75. Recently upgraded to bigger tank but any way sumps plumbed in. When adding water to tank; how does one go about “priming” or starting the sump like the syphon? Might be a dumb question.

I have limited sump space and want to expand my current Red Sea Reefer 2000XL to accommodate the new ReefMat and add a refugium. I'm planning to add another sump outside my cabinet thus creating a split sump. The idea would be to bridge these two sump compartments together with a large...

I recently bought a sump that’s 12 gallons with an 800 gph overflow. I want a return pump that is 400-500 gph but I can’t seem to find a dc one that’s under $200. Does anyone know of any or have experience with some?

I’ve had a my tank set up for about 3 months now and it’s had ups and downs but was finally stable with soft corals 2 tiny hermits and a blenny. I wanted to add a 10gal sump with a live sand bed and baffles and after everything was built the soft corals started closing up and staying closed all...

I'm in the process of doing some upgrades to my tank, adding a carbon reactor and an Algae reactor. These will not fit inside my main sump compartment (Waterbox 220.6) so I am going to have to put them in the far right compartment of my stand. Plumbing wise it would be better for me to put...

I currently have a 75g mixed reef without a sump. I’m thinking about getting a bigger tank in the years to come but I also think it might be wise to plumb for a basement sump now and try to get some experience with it before I upgrade the tank. I think if I get a sump rated for say a 250g that...

Hi All, Ive attached some pictures of my DIY manifold I put on my water box tank. I built this one myself but now having used it for a few months I realise it has some serious functionality/design flaws - primarily a loss of head pressure feeding through the UV and back up into the display...

Included diagram should hopefully give a good sense of what I’m asking. Do people prefer sumps that dump water directly to the mechanical filtration or should they have some sort of spillover “staging area”? I’m assuming the spillover staging area might keep things a little quieter, right? Also...

i have an issue with my sump. it is a 30 breader with a filter roller, and a protean skimmer. My problem is with how the roller the only place i can put a fuge down their is under the suspended roller. is that something that would work ? i also would be removing some biological blocks to fit it...

Picked up this used marine land 29gal aio and it currently has a bio wheel and shotty media basket that I plan to take out leaving it basically Chamber 1: overflow Chamber 2: empty Chamber 3: empty Chamber 4: return pump I’m used to my innovative marine Nuvo 15 that only has 3 chambers and...

Hey guys. Do you think this one will fit to this sump if i do some modifications to the sump? In the filtersock compartment. If not What do you suggest?