100g Rubbermaid sump set up?

[Stang67]

I am up grading to a 180g display. Currently I have a 40g breeder as a sump but will be upgrading that as well. Plans are to use the 100g Rubbermaid trough to hold my fish and corals during the transfer and then convert it to a new sump. Anyone have pix of how they set theirs up? It's a basement sump so pretty doesn't matter. Just want to see how high off the ground you have it and what you put in it. TIA.

 

[ntableman]

You know I cannot for the life of my find the photos, but let me do my best to describe what I did.

Big rubbermaid tank, with a rubber box from Home Depot in the middle. The tank plumbing went into that box. The box has a series of holes cut in the side near the top for over flow and 4 circular cuts in the bottom for filter socks. I had a float switch in the box to alert me that the socks were dirty. In the big tank I had love rock and sand, all my equipment, and a couple small power heads to move water around. Then my main return was at the other end.

I had it up on a triple row of cinder blocks both to keep my pump from working too hard and make it easier on my back :) !!!

I am using the past tense here because this was a prior setup. Honestly it worked great. I even for the rubbermaid stock tank on Amazon because I had no way to bring that thing home!

Oh and I drilled holes in the side of the stock tank, near the top, for tubing and other things, because I covered it with 1" foam board insulation to keep basement junk out and help keep heat in when it was colder out.

I will try my best to find a photo...

 

[dwest]

I had a big Rubbermaid basement sump a while back. It was an open sump with no compartments. I had plenty of room for my skimmer, and lots of extra live rock. I always build a stand so that my sump is about at stomach level. That helped with fast and easy water changes too as I could drain directly to a drain line in the basement via a ball valve.

The only reason I removed it was that I finished my basement so I wanted the space and put a 40 breeder sump in its place. Again, with an open design.