Sumps and their price

  • Thread starter Thread starter Bryce M.
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Aqueon has a series of "long" tanks. I recently purchased a 20 gallon long and turned it into a sump.

It is a simple sump, divided into a filter chamber with filter media and live rock below it. Then to a refugium and finally to a return chamber which houses my protein skimmer, heater, ATO float and return pump.

I had a local glass shop cut my baffling and used a tube of aquarium safe silicone from BRS to set my baffles. Some egg crate to hold filter media.

In all, I built the sump for around $100.

Things in the hobby are expensive enough. I go DIY when I can.

Dom
 

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