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dan76  Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003   | here are some pics of the sump i decided to make today. ist pic filter media containers  |
 Posted 03-Feb-2006 10:58 |      |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | bio ball container  |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 10:59 |  |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | holes for overflows  |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 11:00 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | elbows on outside of tank  |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 11:01 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | empty sump  |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 11:02 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | owerflows with first coat of sealant  |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 11:12 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | for the australian people this is the sealant i use, available from hardware stores  |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 11:13 | |
LITTLE_FISH      ***** Little Fish ***** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005  | Dan, For which tank do you make the sump and why? The always curious  ,Ingo |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 11:54 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | my seriously neglected 4*2*2 ft ply tank, it has been under filtered for quite a while now , and recently got an outbreak of sickness in the tank so i thought i had better pull my finger out and take proper care of them . it is also totaly infected with brush algae but i have bought a product that is supposed to get rid of it, but that is another thread in itself. i have a fluid bed filter to fit to the tank so the main reason for the sump is to prvide clean water so the fbf doesnt get clogged. also just out of curiosity its 8 15 pm on friday 3/2 in queenland right now , what time is it where you are ingo? |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 12:14 | |
| LITTLE_FISH ***** Little Fish ***** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005 |  Edited by LITTLE_FISHSo where is the other thread about the algae? Anyway, right now it is 5:30 AM (also Friday) here on the East Coast (of the US). I like to get up early  Ingo |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 12:32 | |
Fallout   Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000 | 3 overflows? I probably would have spaced them out. What kind of pump will you be using? |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 18:21 |   |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | ingo ill do the thread about trying to get rid of the algae when i can get the fungus off my cories, fallout , you question my 3 overflows , is this an incorrect number? the pump i have for the return is rated at 2200l/hr but that will drop down a bit due to lifting the water 1 1/2 m im sure. i have to go to work now so ill get some pics later cheers dan |
| Posted 03-Feb-2006 22:27 | |
| Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000 | Not questioning the amount of overflows, just was wondering why they're all at the same spot is all. |
| Posted 04-Feb-2006 00:15 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | it just seemed easier to have all the pipes together to get them to the sump, as for having three i had three elbows sitting around. |
| Posted 04-Feb-2006 00:54 | |
| Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000 | neat  |
| Posted 04-Feb-2006 01:19 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | this is the lift pump  |
| Posted 05-Feb-2006 05:05 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | this is the connection from the flexible pipe off the pump to the rigid pipe to the spraybar  |
| Posted 05-Feb-2006 05:08 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | this is the sump in action  |
| Posted 05-Feb-2006 05:09 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | and the overflows  |
| Posted 05-Feb-2006 05:10 | |
| dan76 Big Fish Always Reading Posts Posts: 343 Registered: 08-Jul-2003 | the sump is working really well and is resonably quiet. next project a sump for my 8ft |
| Posted 19-Feb-2006 14:10 | |
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