Icecap 48xl sump

Rickyb1982 · Jan 29, 2019

Anyone running an icecap 48xl sump ?

ndrwater · Jan 29, 2019

I have the 36XL and love it. Definitely a great sump. Especially at the price point.

Rickyb1982 · Jan 29, 2019

ndrwater said:
I have the 36XL and love it. Definitely a great sump. Especially at the price point.

Awesome ! I have been eyeing the 48xl for a while now and the boss is finally going to let me pull the trigger lol so I just wanted some opinions

ndrwater · Jan 29, 2019

Now there is one caveat... When I got mine, very early in production, it only had a 1" inlet for the drain. I mentioned this to the guys at IceCap/CoralVue at RAP about a year ago, and have since been told they changed to a larger drain. Can't confirm or deny this however.
When planning your plumbing, take a notice of the drain inlet in the sump. What I did for mine was to drill a larger bulkhead into the sump to accommodate my 1 1/2" drain on my tank.. really not a big deal, but just a heads up.

dvbrien · Jan 29, 2019

I also have the 36XL... The adhesive is weak. The leak potential is significant.

Rickyb1982 · Jan 30, 2019

dvbrien said:
I also have the 36XL... The adhesive is weak. The leak potential is significant.

This is the first I heard of this and I have been researching this sump and reading on it for a while

Rickyb1982 · Jan 30, 2019

dvbrien said:
I also have the 36XL... The adhesive is weak. The leak potential is significant.

think maybe it's because people are not putting foam board underneath it cause it to weaken the seam and make it leak ?

dvbrien · Jan 30, 2019

nope. mine was coming apart under one of the top seems. I tried to get other reviews for you but it looks like they were deleted. The biggest issue I have with these sumps is the Icecap only filter socks that are garbage. their 4' is 3.9" so standard 4 inch socks don't fit unless you get flat top style and cut them down.

Rickyb1982 · Jan 30, 2019

dvbrien said:
nope. mine was coming apart under one of the top seems. I tried to get other reviews for you but it looks like they were deleted. The biggest issue I have with these sumps is the Icecap only filter socks that are garbage. their 4' is 3.9" so standard 4 inch socks don't fit unless you get flat top style and cut them down.

K thanks ! I think I will still give it a shot for the price !!

Rickyb1982 · Jan 30, 2019

dvbrien said:
nope. mine was coming apart under one of the top seems. I tried to get other reviews for you but it looks like they were deleted. The biggest issue I have with these sumps is the Icecap only filter socks that are garbage. their 4' is 3.9" so standard 4 inch socks don't fit unless you get flat top style and cut them down.

Are the socks expensive?