Post Pics of Your Sump!!
 

Please help some of us newbs out by posting pics of your sump! It is very much appreciated!

not sure if this will help but heres mine... It's custom made by my LFS

[IMG]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/frazier0488/IMG00035-1.jpg[/IMG]

also custom made...
[IMG]http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc129/ret25yo/sumpplumbing004.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc129/ret25yo/DSC00306.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11536932#post11536932 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by treny [/i]
[B]not sure if this will help but heres mine... It's custom made by my LFS

[IMG]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/frazier0488/IMG00035-1.jpg[/IMG] [/B][/QUOTE]

that is detailed!!!:rollface:

Built this [I]IN[/I] the stand. It is too large to take out of the stand.

First pictures without baffles...front.
[IMG]http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/295/sump001kh2.jpg[/IMG]

Back...
[IMG]http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/4430/sump002fy4.jpg[/IMG]

All glass is 1/4" thick black. Front is clear.

Spraybar for the refugium.
[IMG]http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/469/sump013fy8.jpg[/IMG]

With Baffles...
[IMG]http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1859/1002484zl2.jpg[/IMG]

Return Pump Section...(Yeah 2 pumps...)
[IMG]http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7272/1002489mj8.jpg[/IMG]

A little Video of the 'fuge in action...
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OymKkBwEk3I]Click Here[/URL]

the guy that makes these is one of the best at making sump's or really anything!!lol this is his store site [url]http://www.coraldoc.net/[/url]

Mine are a bit more simple and not as fancy. ;)

20 H for my 58

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/cleansump.jpg[/IMG]

10 for my 29

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/10galsump.jpg[/IMG]

30 for my 75

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/30gsump.jpg[/IMG]

here is my sump

[IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/Bebo77/sump11.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/Bebo77/sump10.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a60/Bebo77/FinalSump-1.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11538630#post11538630 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex [/i]
[B]Mine are a bit more simple and not as fancy.[/B][/QUOTE]

[IMG]http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/139055Sump.JPG[/IMG]

Here is my home made acrylic sump.

Here it is working while I cycled my tank.
[IMG]http://www.oreycay.com/aquarium/sump_in_action.jpg[/IMG]

Here it is right after I finished building it.
[IMG]http://www.oreycay.com/aquarium/sump1.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks everyone!! Especially the more simple designs. Those are easier for us rookies to understand. lol

Do most of you prefer external return pumps?

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11538630#post11538630 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toddrtrex [/i]
[B]Mine are a bit more simple and not as fancy. ;)

20 H for my 58

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/cleansump.jpg[/IMG]

10 for my 29

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/10galsump.jpg[/IMG]

30 for my 75

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/30gsump.jpg[/IMG] [/B][/QUOTE]

Toddrtrex,
Where does the intake for your T4 go to in your sump ? I didnt know you could plumb an external pump this way. I thought it would drain back when the power is off and lose suction, as it has to come up and over the sump wall ?

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11542498#post11542498 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Haxer [/i]
[B]Toddrtrex,
Where does the intake for your T4 go to in your sump ? I didnt know you could plumb an external pump this way. I thought it would drain back when the power is off and lose suction, as it has to come up and over the sump wall ? [/B][/QUOTE]

It looks to me like the intake in pulling from the fuge section. My guess is there is a small chamber separated from the fuge that the water flows into. As long as the end of the intake tube (and the return tube) stay submerged when power is cut, no water will flow out. It kind of like a closed loop at that point.

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11536932#post11536932 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by treny [/i]
[B]not sure if this will help but heres mine... It's custom made by my LFS

[IMG]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q89/frazier0488/IMG00035-1.jpg[/IMG] [/B][/QUOTE]

i am sorry for asking but is that gate valve copper or some yellow colored plastic?

my sump/refugium is very simple... it is a 5.5 gallon standard tank with no baffles... this is for my 30 gallon cube... the tank used to have a hang on protein skimmer with no sump/refugium... i had a constant problem with excess nutrients and the main reason for adding the sump is to grow cheato and so i can use a much larger protein skimmer... even though the sump does not have any baffles, i do not have problems with micro bubbles because i am only running about 70-90gph through the sump using an Ehiem 1250 return pump... the only "baffle" the sump has is a 1 gallon Gatorade bottle with the top cut off... this is to provide the skimmer's feed pump a constant water level...

[IMG]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p264/francisfaustino/Aquarium/IMG_1399.jpg[/IMG]

20L Before I added sand

[IMG]http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii36/snowboarda42/P1020864.jpg[/IMG]

[img]http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/9197/p1020862fs7.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5104/p1020857gt8.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/2654/p1020863gx4.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE][i]<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11542498#post11542498 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Haxer [/i]
[B]Toddrtrex,
Where does the intake for your T4 go to in your sump ? I didnt know you could plumb an external pump this way. I thought it would drain back when the power is off and lose suction, as it has to come up and over the sump wall ? [/B][/QUOTE]

steelerguy pretty much got it right. It is called the over the top method. Don't need to drill your sump that way. Just have to prime the pipes once and the water stays in them. Think the longest that I've had the main pump off was 4 hours and it started right back up.

You prime it by putting a "T" in the return line with a screw cap fitting (( See picture )). Put a ball valve below it in the sump, close it off and fill with water. When the line is all full of water screw the cap back on. Turn on the pump, open the ball valve and away you go. Sounds more complex then it really is. 2 out of 3 of my sumps are that way, and have been running for 4+ years without issue.

BTW -- it is a T2. :)

[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/Sump/P5240045.jpg[/IMG]