can someone help with a sump?

[DJK]

hello, i was wondering if there is anyone on here that could help me out? i tried to build my own sump/refugium but it went very wrong so i was wondering if anyone on her could biuld me my sump/refugium for me at low cost cuz i dont have alot of money and already wasted alot trying it myself i just dont have the right tools and experence. i've been telling my son it will be done soon but its not going well and i hate to disappoint him. so if anyone could help please let me know. its not that big of one and looks like melev's 29g sump/refugium. just with different dimenions with the return on the right and refium on left. the size is as followed 22" long x 10" wide x 16" tall for my 29g tank.


here the link to what melevs looks like
http://www.melevsreef.com/sump.html

so if anyone can help please let me know ?

thanks

[TC3modena]

i feel your pain, i too am in the process of building my first sump/refugium. sorry

[reverai]

Just what problem are you having? Is it leaking or is the return pump not strong enough or is to strong???

Steve

[Neurosis]

Were you trying to make the sump out of acrylic? Like reverai asked, what kinda problems are you having. I finished my sump a little while back and for me the easiest way for me was to get a used glass tank and cut out acrylic baffles and siliconed them in.

[DJK]

i was trying it with acrylic first it leaked them i went to routor the edges and drilled a hole though it

the i tried agian and tried to just line up the edges and i kept moving and dried with over hangs on the side so the next piece wouldnt line up

i cant use a glass tank and add baffles cuz i cant find a tand that is only 10" wide

so if anyone can help or build me 1 cheap ill pay them and for the shipping to my house

thanks again

[Casino]

Get a 5 1/2 galon. Thats what I used for my sump till I made one out of acrylic. You can also go to home depot or lowes. Have them cut the pieces for you, thats what I did. If you go with acrylic you need to use weldon 4, its watery and needs to be applied with a needle applicator. Take a piece and line it with another piece, and with the applicator just sqeze the glue into the seems. Hold like for 5 mins. and do the next. This will let you glue all the pieces together. Once all the pieces are glued, then use weldon 16. Its thicker. What I did was just squeze the tube from the top of a seem and just let it slide about alittle half way and then remove the tube and just let the glue slide. It will seal all seems nicely. It melts the 2 pieces into one. This is the way I did it. Theres other ways so that the glue comes out really nice but its more complicated and you need to use pins and such. This is a sump, what you really want is for it to hold the water and not leak. HTH.