Sump Ideas

[mhhauser321]

So here is my 10 gallon its dimensions are 24X10X12 it just a simple 10gallon. I am trying to make it into my sump so i was trying to come up with some ideas on how it should be built.

I was thinking just a input area, refuge, then output area. Fairly simple right.

I was wondering if i could just use 1 peice of glass as a divider. I don't know if that works at all.


Also i just have a 1inch bulkhead draing to the tank with a DIY overlfow so i was wondering how i get the right flow to the refuge part of the sump.

well here it is

 

[Andrew]

Check out Melev's site for sump plans.

http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html

 

[mg426]

I got to agree with Andrew Melev has got a lot of great looking sump ideas on his site.

 

[jer77]

Ok, no skimmer no problems then. If all you want is a refugium then your idea would work. Personally I'd make a bubble trap from 3 sheets of acrylic, or I'd atleast put teeth on the baffle.

 

[mhhauser321]

i am not sure jer77 but i don't think acrylic can be glued safely to a glass aquarium

 

[jer77]

I do it with my sumps and it works safely. Melev has done it too. www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/glass/index.html

 

[drummereef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9518227#post9518227 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mhhauser321
i am not sure jer77 but i don't think acrylic can be glued safely to a glass aquarium

You are not technically 'gluing' the acrylic to the glass but more 'sandwiching' the acrylic between to beads of silicone. The silicone mearly holds the acrylic in place. It works fine. Believe Melev not me.

 

[mhhauser321]

What type of acrcylic should i get at the hardware store.

 

[TrueblueNY]

two pieces of plexi glass from home depot, divide into three sections, with the return in the middle, the intake and fuge draining into the return from both sides, and your good to go! cheap & easy to make. oh ya and some aquarium safe silicone for the plexi glass obviously. altho a 10 gal sump kinda small may be better off with just two sections... depending on your skimmer set up...

 

[Drix]

I've got a 40 gallon sump (dont ask) with acrillic liners glued to the glass, I've not had any problems with it at all. I wish I could remember the glue I used. BIggest problem I've experienced with my sump is evaporation, I loose about a gallon a day out of my system.