building acrylic sump

[hoaglanddiver]

Been looking on reef central and have come across some great info on building acrylic sumps (also on melevsreef.com). Wondering if anyone on local (FWMAS) has had experience w/ acrylic and can give some pointers.

 

[LornaS]

Check with Mojo and Rob from love this hobby ...both have done a lot of acrylic work as has Tazman

 

[frank1of7]

No" I dont have any experiance building them but I'am thinking about building one my self.

 

[mojo~]

Took me about a hour and a half to put mine together. I built my acrylic sump and it turned out pretty nice. I built mine to be 36x14x12

 

[frank1of7]

Got any pics mojo?

 

[mojo~]

and here is one side with skimmer in it.

 

[hoaglanddiver]

mojo,
looks great. any chance u'd want to pm me a phone num so we can chat about it in detail? I don't hav tank yet (waiting on remodel to finish) but this is somethingi can work on in mean-time.
thx 4 any help.
lee

 

[frank1of7]

That looks great Mojo think you would be intereated in helping me build one

 

[frank1of7]

Acrylic sump

Acrylic sump

I found out from a friend there is a place over off goshen rd in the industrial park that sells acrylic cheap, but he didn't know the name. He said he would get a number for me. give me a few days and ill post it.

 

[Fireworm]

I talked to Jesse about helping. Do you want me to give him your number since you can't get PMs yet.

 

[smithppa]

Frank:
The place is Meyer Plasticand the phone number is482-4595,and you can get some good prices on what they call scrap.Thats where I get all of mine from.The last time out I got 2 pcs 1 pcs is 24x48 clear and the other is 12x43 black and both pcs are 1/4 inch.So goo luck with your search.





Bob
(smithppa)

 

[frank1of7]

Sump

Sump

Yes that will be fine, Thanks phil!

 

[frank1of7]

Thank you for the info Bob

 

[hoaglanddiver]

any chance we should just have an "acrylic sump building class"?
ie: we all meet and learn from one who as already built one?

 

[mojo~]

I Would be willing to help do a demo at one of the meetings. Frank call me pls

 

[Fireworm]

We can plan on that. That would be great.

 

[hoaglanddiver]

cool. well, if we can do something like that (demo as part of mtg,etc...that'd be gr8.
just let me know a date asap so I can schedule in my calendar. hopefully not 6/13 as i'm getting married that day - woohoo!!! ( after 7 yr engagement)
;-D

 

[JCR's Reef]

Sounds like me. Was with my wife almost 8 yrs before we married. Better to be safe than sorry. LOL. Common law says your already married though.
I'm in for a sump build. Im going to be building a 4ft long sump but I dont have to room for a household of people. Man living here sucks @SS!!Maybe Jesse can just build it for me. LOL. I just dont think 1/4" is going to work for me though since I'm going to have bigger than usual baffles. Im not scared though......

 

[hoaglanddiver]

josh,,
know the feeling. i'm just starting/trying to het into reefkeeping. planning for 170g tank and HOPING for 75+
gallon acrylic sump. hav the room for it. hoping the skill to create it.
lee

 

[mojo~]

oh its easy. Anything bigger than the one I built I would consider 3/8