How do u say home made

acrodave

REEF NERD
the sump that came with the 72 bow was to small i think it was a 55 gal pro clear. it was always needing to be toped off and i want to add a bigger skimmer so i made this today.

took a old 5gal water jug cut the top off and drilled so holes and out some feet on it
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then i got a plastic bin
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some egg create and bio balls
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put it altogether and you get a redneck sump

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It works, and that's most important.

If you wanted to save a little more money and work, you could have left the feet off and just drilled more holes in the side of the filter side.
 
Since we're speaking about sumps, I'll eventually need to get a big one. Anybody know who sells the big livestock containers? I'm talking about the ones like the Coral Reef uses for their live rock. What's the price they usually cost?
 
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