Share your under tank filtration
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sromero287
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Its a custom made 36L x 24D x 20H, SCA aquariums in Ca, they work excellent.
Appreciate your kind words, I'm really obsessed with my tank and trying to keep it really clean and organized.
sromero287
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Yep it's a Sol Blue, in my experience the best led ever made, switched to Radion in my display cause all the good comments and reviews but honestly the Sol's are wayyyyyyy simple to program and they grow ANY kind of coral, including the SPS. Sometimes wants to sell my Radion and get three or four Ai Sol's for my display, let's see... By now I'm getting used to the PhD in Astrophysics and Par Science with the Radions, lol!!!!!
sromero287
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Full picture from under display stand, divided in two compartments electronics-food/sump-fuge
Upper deck behind the white wall divider it's located the Apex and electronics, this time decided in the top from sump, in case of a Leak no water damage to my electronics like in the past (full disaster after sump started leaking lots of water
Upper deck behind the white wall divider it's located the Apex and electronics, this time decided in the top from sump, in case of a Leak no water damage to my electronics like in the past (full disaster after sump started leaking lots of water
Deep_Six Corals
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20L under a 55 display. All DIY. Middle section has changed from fuge to frag tank and I've been thinking about ditching the whole thing, upgrading the skimmer and leaving the stand dark.
Synodontis
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Some really nice setups in this thread & a few ideas I may need to borrow & expand on with the new build
This was our first sump a few years ago. We had chambers for rubble, miracle mud, live rock & the green algae weed. Everything we thought was needed. Had it running before the DT was filled. When it came down 2yrs later the amount of detritus & gunk caught in the rubble & rock was a joke.
When we moved there was a new cabinet 2ft longer then the tank which is really handy. Still had the weed & live rock but lost the rubble. In the end the detritus got the better of me & another sump came in. Ended up losing the filter socks, to much work for an old man changing them weekly.
Not long after we got it running, no rock, no weed, eventually no filter socks, just bubble traps & frag racks.
The last 4ft was for all the extra hang on bits & pieces, before all the wires where hidden away.
All above has been torn down & the current build is still a work in progress. This one has room for skimmer, frags, & pumps. No bubble traps, or anywhere for algae to build up that cannot be reached. My logic has gone from having rock & weed for extra filtration to having nothing for stuff to get caught up in / on. If it's in the water column, it will get skimmed out, if it;s to big, easy enough to get with the wet / dry vac
This was only started up last weekend.
This was our first sump a few years ago. We had chambers for rubble, miracle mud, live rock & the green algae weed. Everything we thought was needed. Had it running before the DT was filled. When it came down 2yrs later the amount of detritus & gunk caught in the rubble & rock was a joke.
When we moved there was a new cabinet 2ft longer then the tank which is really handy. Still had the weed & live rock but lost the rubble. In the end the detritus got the better of me & another sump came in. Ended up losing the filter socks, to much work for an old man changing them weekly.
Not long after we got it running, no rock, no weed, eventually no filter socks, just bubble traps & frag racks.
The last 4ft was for all the extra hang on bits & pieces, before all the wires where hidden away.
All above has been torn down & the current build is still a work in progress. This one has room for skimmer, frags, & pumps. No bubble traps, or anywhere for algae to build up that cannot be reached. My logic has gone from having rock & weed for extra filtration to having nothing for stuff to get caught up in / on. If it's in the water column, it will get skimmed out, if it;s to big, easy enough to get with the wet / dry vac
This was only started up last weekend.
Synodontis
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That's a really clever & simple idea stacking the sumps like that if you have the room.
My sump and tank a much modified Aqua One Aquareef 300. I have a DIY ATS lit both sides with 2 x 20w grow LED's also 2 baskets of Siporax one you can hardly see as it's situated behind the Deltec skimmer. I removed the skimmer cup to take the pic to show more of the ATS setup.
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Reefmon
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Wow! You used every inch of that stand. I bet that was a lot of planning. Looks goodMy sump and tank a much modified Aqua One Aquareef 300. I have a DIY ATS lit both sides with 2 x 20w grow LED's also 2 baskets of Siporax one you can hardly see as it's situated behind the Deltec skimmer. I removed the skimmer cup to take the pic to show more of the ATS setup.
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Reefmon
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This looks so clean and easy to keep clean.Some really nice setups in this thread & a few ideas I may need to borrow & expand on with the new build
This was our first sump a few years ago. We had chambers for rubble, miracle mud, live rock & the green algae weed. Everything we thought was needed. Had it running before the DT was filled. When it came down 2yrs later the amount of detritus & gunk caught in the rubble & rock was a joke.
When we moved there was a new cabinet 2ft longer then the tank which is really handy. Still had the weed & live rock but lost the rubble. In the end the detritus got the better of me & another sump came in. Ended up losing the filter socks, to much work for an old man changing them weekly.
Not long after we got it running, no rock, no weed, eventually no filter socks, just bubble traps & frag racks.
The last 4ft was for all the extra hang on bits & pieces, before all the wires where hidden away.
All above has been torn down & the current build is still a work in progress. This one has room for skimmer, frags, & pumps. No bubble traps, or anywhere for algae to build up that cannot be reached. My logic has gone from having rock & weed for extra filtration to having nothing for stuff to get caught up in / on. If it's in the water column, it will get skimmed out, if it;s to big, easy enough to get with the wet / dry vac
This was only started up last weekend.
Not really my sump kind of evolved and I had to work out quite sometime later how to kit an algae scrubber into the available space. However you could say there is little wasted space left. Having saaid that I can get at most stuff with little problem for maintenance etc.
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