sump advice

For fun I've been messing around with adding an overflow box to a water box 25 gallon peninsula in order to have a sump in the stand. In doing so I found been using a nano refugium I can fit and automatic fleece roller a full size protein skimmer, an algae reactor, as well as media reactors...

So this is my first sump setup and I have never seen one setup in person so I have what may be an obvious question/ answer. I have finished my hard plumbing on my 125 and have a trigger 39 sump. I am in process of leak testing my build and noticed the egg crate slats and foam do not sit nearly...

Hi, I just bought a 240G and I want to make it able to filter with a 90G sump. The aquarium size is: 72x32x24 Both big hole on each side is at 6" from the side panel, and both hole are drill at 2 1/4". Has I bought use, what I can do for a filtration with a sump with these two hole? I want a...

I have a dumb question. I have a icecap 24 sump. I'm getting tired of replacing socks lol. Does anyone know if you can install the redsea reefmat 500 in it? I know I will have to cut baffles and all that. Probably have to make the skimmer chamber bigger and install both my skimmer and the...

I currently have a sump area I would like to hide. I’m good at diy. I have the means to cut wood and build something. However I currently am using fabric and Velcro. I want something that looks nice and maybe even gives the ability to screw things on to the back as I’d like to have a control...

We are looking to build a 75-gallon tank setup for a snowflake eel. I would like to be able to keep the tank for a long time and upgrade it as we go, but for now, I'm wondering what the cheapest/most efficient filtration setup would be. I have been doing quite a bit of research but I'm still a...

Hello, not really new to hobby just new to the sump world was running 2 cans on my 75. Recently upgraded to bigger tank but any way sumps plumbed in. When adding water to tank; how does one go about “priming” or starting the sump like the syphon? Might be a dumb question.

I have limited sump space and want to expand my current Red Sea Reefer 2000XL to accommodate the new ReefMat and add a refugium. I'm planning to add another sump outside my cabinet thus creating a split sump. The idea would be to bridge these two sump compartments together with a large...

I recently bought a sump that’s 12 gallons with an 800 gph overflow. I want a return pump that is 400-500 gph but I can’t seem to find a dc one that’s under $200. Does anyone know of any or have experience with some?

I’ve had a my tank set up for about 3 months now and it’s had ups and downs but was finally stable with soft corals 2 tiny hermits and a blenny. I wanted to add a 10gal sump with a live sand bed and baffles and after everything was built the soft corals started closing up and staying closed all...

I'm in the process of doing some upgrades to my tank, adding a carbon reactor and an Algae reactor. These will not fit inside my main sump compartment (Waterbox 220.6) so I am going to have to put them in the far right compartment of my stand. Plumbing wise it would be better for me to put...

I currently have a 75g mixed reef without a sump. I’m thinking about getting a bigger tank in the years to come but I also think it might be wise to plumb for a basement sump now and try to get some experience with it before I upgrade the tank. I think if I get a sump rated for say a 250g that...

Hi All, Ive attached some pictures of my DIY manifold I put on my water box tank. I built this one myself but now having used it for a few months I realise it has some serious functionality/design flaws - primarily a loss of head pressure feeding through the UV and back up into the display...

Included diagram should hopefully give a good sense of what I’m asking. Do people prefer sumps that dump water directly to the mechanical filtration or should they have some sort of spillover “staging area”? I’m assuming the spillover staging area might keep things a little quieter, right? Also...

i have an issue with my sump. it is a 30 breader with a filter roller, and a protean skimmer. My problem is with how the roller the only place i can put a fuge down their is under the suspended roller. is that something that would work ? i also would be removing some biological blocks to fit it...

Picked up this used marine land 29gal aio and it currently has a bio wheel and shotty media basket that I plan to take out leaving it basically Chamber 1: overflow Chamber 2: empty Chamber 3: empty Chamber 4: return pump I’m used to my innovative marine Nuvo 15 that only has 3 chambers and...

Hey guys. Do you think this one will fit to this sump if i do some modifications to the sump? In the filtersock compartment. If not What do you suggest?

Not sure how tolerable this community is to freshwater, but I am gonna post anyway and find out :). I've lurked for a while now and I do appreciate the expertise here on R2R. After much planning and selling my pool table, I picked up a used 750 gallon (10' x 4' x 2.5') earlier this week...

So I am planning on added a sump to my 55gallon tank and I wanted some opinions before I buy everything. I cannot fit a 20 gallon tank under my display so I am planning on using 2 10 gallons. For the overflow I plan to use eshopps PF 300 GPH hang on the back into the first 10 gallon to a...

Good evening to all I am in the market for a new sump with a fuge. My tank is doing extremely well with a basic ice cap sump but I want to upgrade and get the added benefits of a larger sump and one with a fuge. I am strongly considering a Bashsea but I am open to model suggestions, and or...

I have ran my 36 gallon HOB Filter reef tank successfully for past year, I have slowly over that time watched marketplace and I traded for a 125 gallon reef ready tank w dual overflows that are placed evenly in middle back glass pane each third of the tank . Not corner flows . I am interested in...

Just drilled this today and grabbed a few things of pvc. All the holes are 1 3/8”. The overfill is 1” pvc all the way to sump. The return is 3/4” vinyl tubing, connected to pvc at the tank. Was thinking about using male and female adapters with a gasket for diy bulkhead. Will this work with my...

Anyone know where I can buy a large sump for 310g? Looking for 60-75g sump

Hello reefers I’m looking for suggestions for how I should install my aqua uv 15w in my reefer 350 g1. I don’t think I have room in my sump so I was looking for ideas on how I could achieve running it. Thank you in advance I’ve added pictures of my sump.

Hello again everyone, for my big system I'm planning to upgrade the sump to a 4ft x 4ft x 4ft tub. It would be filled with about 150 gallons of water, have a skimmer in the bottom left, live rock in the top right, and return pumps in the top left corner. Would I need any snails, hermits, or...