Show your sump setup!!

[1ocean]

yep no basements here either..300 gallon tank with sump made from our old 140 gallon tank.

 

[JC1977]

72x24 Tsunami custom sump under my 360 gallon FOWLR.

 

[MoshJosh]

29 and 5 gallon tanks connected to my bucket sump:

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

36” Trigger platinum sump with fleece roller
Reef Octo 250-int with recirculating lid for a CO2 reactor, which also needs a desiccating reactor to keep the media dry.
Dual 600W heaters with a Helio controller
GFO reactor
Carbon realtor
HOB large Refugium
GRO Refugium light
Dual COR-15 return pumps
Trigger 5 gallon RODI reservoir
Tunze 3155 Osmolator
Icecap 250 magnetic Kalk reactor
DOS putting in 2 part
Been working on the wire and hose mess.
120 gallon display

Where's Waldo?

 

[tsharpe291]

I’m a big fan of the basement sump, if you can pull it off. Mine is a wide open (no baffles) Rubbermaid 150 gallon stock tank. Everything external. I ran a 3” external PVC manifold for my external pumps and external skimmer. With a basement setup, you don’t have to worry whether or not your equipment is too big. Or too noisy. I love seeing others that have done the basement sump thing.

im a huge fan of the basement sump myself, I had the same setup in the past but now I'm limited on space but still have the basement sump

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

72x24 Tsunami custom sump under my 360 gallon FOWLR.

took me a while but yes; I finally see a couple grains of algae. The CUC need to eat too!

 

[redfishbluefish]

I have a 90 gallon DT and run a DIY 50 Breeder sump. It was purchased as a 40B and didn't discover it was 50 until I purchased a second 40B to redo the sump and noted the difference in size.

Here's an older picture when I was running a 7 inch sock and biopellets.

Here it is today.....no sock and biopellet reactor.

Total of three chambers where I have two return lines each coming into the sump in opposite back corners of the sump. Far left chamber is sock holder and skimmer and one heater. Far right is refugium with pH probe. Center section is return section with second heater, ATO float switches, and dosing lines for alk, calc and DIY NOPOX.

 

[VintageReefer]

75 gallon display
Trigger Systems Ruby 30S sump
Santa Monica Surf2 Algae Scrubber
Cryptic zone with live rock and 3” sand bed
2 bags chemi pure

Please ignore my salt creep, I don’t really need to go in the cabinet.

No skimmer, socks, reactors, or water changes

 

[ReefEco]

Here's a video about my DIY triple sump setup and plumbing for my ~500g display:

 

[CasperOe]

135 gallon display - sump with Triton setup

Refugium - Skimmer - Return

No socks, no roller, just a well lit refugium and a good skimmer.

 

[vlangel]

My sump/refugium is as basic as they get. It's a 30 gallon extra high. It has a deep sand bed and rock. The return pump just sits on some of the rock on the left side of the tank. The right side is where the drain is, which is a reverse durso to cut down on noise. Gracilaria grows on the rock.

It's super simple but it works well.

 

[JC1977]

75 gallon display
Trigger Systems Ruby 30S sump
Santa Monica Surf2 Algae Scrubber
Cryptic zone with live rock and 3” sand bed
2 bags chemi pure

Please ignore my salt creep, I don’t really need to go in the cabinet.

No skimmer, socks, reactors, or water changes

Nice how is the Santa Monica scrubber working for you? I’ve been debating on one for my tank.

 

[Kfactor]

This is my diy sump I also have added a separate refugium and a manifold

 

[VintageReefer]

Nice how is the Santa Monica scrubber working for you? I’ve been debating on one for my tank.

Works great I have been using it for almost 10 years. PM me with any questions, I’m glad to help

 

[1ocean]

135 gallon display - sump with Triton setup

Refugium - Skimmer - Return

No socks, no roller, just a well lit refugium and a good skimmer.

i think i see your running two skimmers...I just installed two in my 300..

 

[mrpontiac80]

Here is mine. A 180 gallon tank using…
Modified Trigger Systems triton 44 v1
Clarisea sk 5000 filter roller
Reef octo classic 202-s skimmer
Reef octo varios 8 return pump
Brs carbon reactor
Generic uv. Not in use
Hydros control with ph probe and doser for all for reef. Mounted on home built control board like a shadow box where cabinet door was.
Reefbreeders prizim ato in Aqeon 10 gallon tank
Amazon led strip lights for lighting

 

[dstockwell]

Because of the dimensions of 55 I used two sumps. On drain split to both sides.

Right side skimmer - refugium - UV return - gravity feeds to left side

Left side return pump, carbon reactor, bio-balls.

 

[CasperOe]

i think i see your running two skimmers...I just installed two in my 300..

I am- the small one is mostly for the ozone but I am on the lookout for another Octo 150 skimmer

 

[Rcs_12]

375 gallon 8 ft display upstairs
125 gallon 6 ft sump downstairs

 

[MoMoTheMonster]

40B DIY sump for 125 DT - Left drain to skimmer & right drain to refugium with center returns.