300 DD Build

[Aqua Man 07]

i made use of the crappy weather sat and sunday and got the sump cleaned up pretty decent. good enuf for a sump anyways.

 

[Mr D smack]

i made use of the crappy weather sat and sunday and got the sump cleaned up pretty decent. good enuf for a sump anyways.

Looks good. I know someone whos got a 120 for sale that would make a killer fuge

 

[Aqua Man 07]

is it like the one in the background

 

[kegogut]

The sump looks good other than it looking like you just pooped in the left chamber. lolz

 

[Aqua Man 07]

it happens

 

[Aqua Man 07]

its some of the protective coating that got hot or wet or something. its on the bottom

 

[Koddie Doo]

Nice sump

 

[Aqua Man 07]

im going to try and cram as much rock as posible in it.

 

[u4ick]

yeah it will only take a month or 2 for me to get all the other stuff i need to get it up and running. a thrid radion and the reeflow return pump are at the top of the equipment list. then i still want to get like 300lbs of rock. plus all new sand. and power heads. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

For doing a sump in the basement, I would highly suggest a Panworld/Blueline pump. They handle head pressure way batter, will last for years of trouble free service....and I mean YEARS....plus will prob be quieter, and possibly save you some $$ on price (depending on the reeflow you were planning on)

 

[oshanickreef]

The sump looks good other than it looking like you just pooped in the left chamber. lolz

Hahahaha I was going to say the same thing! Lol

 

[Aqua Man 07]

Tank will be in basement also only looking at 5 ft of head pressure. I've just seen a lot of good things about the reeflow pumps. I'm looking at the dart/snapper hybrid.

 

[mpcart]

Sump looks brand new. What did you use to clean it and how is the blue section used? Is it for a fuge?

I have a dart/snapper and it is pretty quiet but it definitely isn't silent. I was running a hammerhead that I purchased used and it was loud and definitely overpowered for my needs. However, I still keep it and the piping as a backup.

-Mike

 

[Aqua Man 07]

The sump cleaned up with just water and a blur scrubber pad from dollar general I tested it on the bottom gist to see if it would scratch it and it didn't. I did wipe it all down either vinegar afterwards. The blue divider is well Im not sure what it was for I guess to run half fuge half rock? I'm just going to stuff a bunch of rock in that section.

 

[kegogut]

Thats what I did with my sump is fill it up with live rock. Ive got about 550 lbs. in my system as it stands.

 

[Aqua Man 07]

its home and dirty more cleaning and some work on the stand and it will be upright

 

[Pife]

its home and dirty more cleaning and some work on the stand and it will be upright

My back hurts looking at it.

 

[Aqua Man 07]

mine too

 

[Aqua Man 07]

so i thought the tank would have more than 2 one inch overflows. im thinking ill make the returns into overflows also so i can have 4 all together and run the returns over the back.

 

[kegogut]

2 one inch overflows will handle plenty man. You would have to put ALOT of water thru them to have any problems.

 

[mpcart]

Your limitation might actually be the size of the overflows (linear) as both of them look a little smaller than I would have thought. In any case, I would just keep the two one inch and have lower turnover. That's not a big deal as most if the flow in the tank will come through powerheads.

-Mike