Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Crabby48]

Exactly what I want! Color coded too if I can.

I had a book of numbers and letters that are stickers from home depot. I used RP for return pump and if I had 2 it would be RP1 and RP2. SK for skimmer and did that for the rest of the cords.

 

[Musovski]

i heard home depot.. someone need an associate?

 

[Katrina71]

i heard home depot.. someone need an associate?

Funny, here you have to hunt one down.

 

[NY_Caveman]

@Katrina71 @NY_Caveman feel better

Yes. Much better.

 

[sfin52]

I hope all of you that are sick start feeling better

 

[najer]

What is this wire management voodoo of which you speak?! ;)

 

[Katrina71]

@najer I love your carefree style of Reefing!

 

[sfin52]

What is this wire management voodoo of which you speak?! ;)

I love your pics .

 

[najer]

I love your pics .

Thank you. :)

 

[Musovski]

Funny, here you have to hunt one down.

lol. same over here, but i atleast go and help customers the other guys are either lazy or dont know nothing. well i atleast did... i dont work there no more.

 

[sfin52]

we don't have a homedepot in springfield Il. Just Lowes and menards

 

[Katrina71]

Skimmer stand...will I need one?

 

[NY_Caveman]

If you use the Tunze 9004, no. The magnets will secure it at the height you choose.

 

[Katrina71]

If you use the Tunze 9004, no. The magnets will secure it at the height you choose.

Thanks. I was hoping they'd do the job without one.

 

[Lowell Lemon]

So I just quickly drew a shop drawing to make sure we had enough sump capacity for drain down during power outages and to allow for pumps like the Sicce 2.0 and Eheim 1260. I am an old dog so no fancy 3D computer generated pictures from me. I may need to darken up the drawing but this is a general idea based on the dimensions Katrina 71 gave me.

 

[count krunk]

Looks like a great sump design to me!

@Rakie I'm curious to hear your reason behind no ground probs. I am on the fence about running one at some point on my tank. It won't be started with one.

 

[Musovski]

So I just quickly drew a shop drawing to make sure we had enough sump capacity for drain down during power outages and to allow for pumps like the Sicce 2.0 and Eheim 1260. I am an old dog so no fancy 3D computer generated pictures from. I may need to darken up the drawing but this is a general idea based on the dimensions Katrina 71 gave me.

is 5" skimmer section small for most skimmers? just incase the skimmer she has fails, others skimmers may be a tad bit bigger.

 

[mch1984]

So I just quickly drew a shop drawing to make sure we had enough sump capacity for drain down during power outages and to allow for pumps like the Sicce 2.0 and Eheim 1260. I am an old dog so no fancy 3D computer generated pictures from. I may need to darken up the drawing but this is a general idea based on the dimensions Katrina 71 gave me.

I agree with @Musovski, maybe widen that chamber by a couple of inches to accommodate bigger skimmers if the need arises. Otherwise I think it’s a great design, and you’re awesome for doing it.

 

[Katrina71]

@Lowell Lemon I love the design! I am not voting or giving my opinion on any specs.

 

[Fin]

What is this wire management voodoo of which you speak?! ;)

I spy an Oxydator in that sump. I have that same one that I bought for my new tank, but of course it is still dry. Have you had it long and are you happy with it? What concentration of Hydrogen Peroxide do you use and how many catalysts? Tell me again how big your tank is? Sorry for the off topic question @Katrina71 :p