Door Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 (edited) Chasing some ideas on how to build a vertical sump. So far the only ones I have seen are the rough looking plastic ones but im looking to build glass around 3-4 ft tall x maybe 2x2? Reason Im going twin vertical ones is because tank will only be approx 200-300 off the ground so not enough room to put a sump under. The tank itself will be 9 x 5 tall x 2 so was hoping to build the sumps either side enclosed in timber as lamp tables. Any suggestions would be great also ideas on what pumps to use would be good. In the past I've just jamed canisters on but for this I would need like 6 so thats not an option lol Edited July 31, 2012 by Door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syndicate Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 hey mate a friend has this set up quickly drew a diagram for you, its the same hieght as his tank so if it power goes out it carnt overflow and u need a extrenal pump he used two 300mm pvc pipes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Door Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Never thought of doin sumps the same height for power outages good idea. Any chance you could pm me a pic of his sump setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlidwife Posted August 5, 2012 Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 what size glass you using for 9 x 5 tall x 2 ???? im guessing 5ft tall mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Door Posted August 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 what size glass you using for 9 x 5 tall x 2 ???? im guessing 5ft tallmike Hey mate yeah 5 ft tall Glass is 21mm Toughened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_a Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Forget the sump. For this one I would be going to a big inline pump into a cartridge filter and then through a FBF back to the tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUCKHEAD Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Maybe a 240 lt garbage bin (or two) not the prettiest but works well for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Door Posted August 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 Forget the sump. For this one I would be going to a big inline pump into a cartridge filter and then through a FBF back to the tank. Hey bud what do you mean by cartaridge filters and inline pumps was thinkin I will just go a couple fx 5's as there rated to 1500 ltrs each and a couple 800-1200 l/ph power heads just to be sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_a Posted August 17, 2012 Report Share Posted August 17, 2012 + + = A pump kinda like this with a cartridge filter like this and a FBF for bio filtration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
