sump advice

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...

Made a bad bond today where kinda everything went wrong leaving a quarter-inch clear acrylic seam in a sump build littered with bubbles. looks awful. Is there anything that can be done at this point?

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Hello! So I have had my tank up and running for a year and a half now and im finally deciding I want to dip my toes in the water of upgrading the equipment for my sump. For context I bought this tank used and the guy didnt give a ton of information on anything besides how to filter and such. I...

I picked up a used Waterbox Reef 70.2 that had the filter compartment removed (baffle taken out) in order to accommodate a filter floss roller. I don't want to jump on the roller bandwagon because (to me) it's a hassle to replace the rolls compared to the plastic filter cups that I regularly...

Hello, Everyone! I was wondering if I need a sump for my new 44 gallon reef tank? I have a fluval 307 currently that connects into the tank (under it). I will also be installing a coral life skimmer. I have no fish yet and adding live rock this weekend. I would really appreciate the help.

Hey all, I have a 90g that I recently upgraded to a larger/more functional sump, and I am wondering if anyone has any experience with replacing/eliminating the filter sock with another type of mechanical filtration? Here is the situation: I want to retain some surface area, I might opt for a...

I’m rebuilding my system and one thing I didn’t love about my previous build was the constant layer of detritus in my sump. This time around I’d like to invest in some water pumps to keep the detritus from settling and ideally finding its way into uthe Reef Mat. Should I be going with a set of...