20 gallon high sump

[IrishTang]

Hey wondering if anyone has designs for a DIY 20 gallon high sump? looking to start a small refugium to grow some macro algae and culture pods in.

I can't seem to find measurements for the baffles anywhere. Every thread I find ends up with everyone recommending a 20 gallon long instead but unfortunately I only have 24 inches in my sump side of cabinet, I do however have plenty of height clearance so reaching in shouldn't be an issue.

There are a few nice Eshopps for sale but I figured I would save a lot by DIY on a 20 high I have already and since I plan on upgrading in the near future I don't want to dump too much money into my current set up.

So I'm looking for probably at least 10 inch skimmer space for most skimmers, and then I'm lost. Unfortunately I am horrible with getting measurements right but I think if I can find the right blueprint I can take them to the glass shop and have them cut to size and I can install.

Any help greatly appreciated!

Sean

 

[Vorog]

I was going to do a 20 high sump. But ended up getting a 20 long instead. But I know the width for my baffles were about 11 and 5/8s I believe since the 20l and high are same width figured you can use that. The problem I saw with the 24" tank is it was too short for what size refugium and the bubble trap setup I wanted.

 

[Straight_Chaos]

I used a 20 high and i regret it for my set up. The vertical height adds difficulty cleaning skimmer, reaching inside the sump to get snail or clean, etc.

The dimensions/ spacing of the baffles depends on what you are putting in the sump.

I have a simple design due to the fact i rely on heavy skimming, as well as macro in my DTs. <a href="http://s1168.photobucket.com/user/Straight_Chaos/media/1914A22C-176C-4303-A3D4-9BA4B1A680BC-5400-0000026CECB595DB_zps83c3309d.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i1168.photobucket.com/albums/r488/Straight_Chaos/1914A22C-176C-4303-A3D4-9BA4B1A680BC-5400-0000026CECB595DB_zps83c3309d.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo 1914A22C-176C-4303-A3D4-9BA4B1A680BC-5400-0000026CECB595DB_zps83c3309d.jpg"/></a>

One set of three glass baffles for the simple bubble trap.

two are flush to the bottom and the height dependent on the water lever you wish to achieve,
I f you are bad at taking measurements take the whole tank to the glass shop, tell them what you want they will measure twice and cut once.

A baffle cut to big will never fit but one too small will fit, with the right amount of silicone.

 

[Straight_Chaos]

the middle baffle that damns the water and forces flow to go low, is important.

I chose to put with only aprox 1in of space from bottom to increase velocity of water moving thru and not collect detritus, which has worked well for me.

 

[IrishTang]

I never thought of taking the whole thing to the glass shop. Maybe I will give that a try. I never hear good things about using the 20 high. There is a nice eshopps r100 on Craigslist but i don't want to spend the cash when I will most likely be ugrading tanks soon.

 

[stupidgoodness]

I have a 20long made into a sump already I'll take some frags for.

 

[IrishTang]

That's the thing I only have 24 inches in my sump space. Otherwise I would

 

[stupidgoodness]

Realized that after reading again sorry

 

[hmspradlin]

I have a 20long made into a sump already I'll take some frags for.

Can u pm me pictures? I may be interested. As well as your location

 

[stupidgoodness]

Don't have any right now I'm at work. Its 3 sections with 7 inch glass baffles. Does have drilled left side that would need to be blocked as it was part of another. System.

 

[luisagos]

I have 20 gallon high, already to go as a sump. Super clean.

Asking $20 or some frags.

 

[IrishTang]

Sweet where are you located luis?

 

[IrishTang]

I want to thank Luisagos for letting me come by and pick up the sump, I will probably make some changes to the design but I already have most of the pieces I will need. Saved me a lot of time.

He also showed me the custom controller he built that will automatically do everything from turning equipment on and off, to starting a water change and alert him to changing levels of PH, temp and other values.

PLEASE start a thread to show this in detail Luis, I think you would have a ton of people on here that would like to try and emulate what you have!

 

[ClownMan727]

I took mine to the glass shop and just gave them the hight I wanted. They figured the width. Has to be perfect.