My condolences.
I'm waiting for Black Friday to pick up a controller and a different return pump. My current return only does 6x turnover and I need to bump up to 10x if I'm going to implement the Triton method. Also considering purchasing a store bought sump. I don't like the one I have (homemade).
Thanks Jim.
What do you not like about your sump? Mine was homemade and it seems to be working fairly well. My main disappointment is that I forgot to silicone in the filter sock holder I made so I get a little too much dripping sound from it.
Tank looks pretty good!
I've got a SP6 on my 220, purchased last Black Friday, and am well pleased with it. It's pushing plenty of flow through two 3/4" returns, augmented by a brace of mid-sized Gyres - one at each end. When I feed my fish, I don't feed the tank - I feed the return pump, which then blasts food into every part of the display within a second or two - and the chase is on!
I also modified the pump's intake by creating a PVC elbow that pulls water from the bottom of the return section. I felt that the pump's intake was mounted a bit high for my taste, given the water level in my sump.
~Bruce
Thanks for the feedback on the return Bruce. I'm incredibly tempted in the COR but that's mainly the tech gadget guy in me coming through. The SP6 has a solid history and comes with a 3 year warranty. I doubt the COR has more than a year. I'll do something similar in regards to the pump intake as anything that increases the time before a pump running dry is a good thing.