Reelss's 180 Gallon Build (DIY heavy, Basement Sump)

[reelss]

Some pictures

 

[JoshH]

Woohoo!!!!!!! Looking goooooood!!! Very minimalistic scape you got going on there, LOTS of swimming room

 

[reelss]

The rocks are just thrown in at the moment. Have to do a proper scape when I find time. The main task at hand is to plumb my frag tank to the same basement sump and put up the other orphek.

 

[reelss]

Woohoo!!!!!!! Looking goooooood!!! Very minimalistic scape you got going on there, LOTS of swimming room

I will be adding more rock once the frag tank is plumbed to the same sump. So the scale will change quite a bit.

 

[Paul Bradford]

I got them from eBay. The aquarium is up and running.

Do you have a link to the bulkheads? I've been going crazy trying to find these stupid things.

 

[reelss]

Do you have a link to the bulkheads? I've been going crazy trying to find these stupid things.

In my case, I had two 32 mm drains and one 25 mm return. Here are the bulkheads I used:

BulkHead To Aquarium Marine Pipe Fitting Connector 20/25/32/40/50mm Waterproof | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for BulkHead To Aquarium Marine Pipe Fitting Connector 20/25/32/40/50mm Waterproof at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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I got conversion fittings from brs to transition to standard pvc:

Metric to Standard PVC Adapters

Easily adapts Metric PVC fittings commonly found on Reef Octopus and other Metric based products to US Standard PVC Pipe. The Metric label side is a spigot fitting and will insert into any female Metric slip fitting to accept standard PVC pipe.

www.bulkreefsupply.com

 

[Mussin]

How do you like the dcp 20000 pump? I'm considering using one in my basement sump 180g display build. I have a reeflo barracuda but I'd like to try a dc pump..

 

[reelss]

How do you like the dcp 20000 pump? I'm considering using one in my basement sump 180g display build. I have a reeflo barracuda but I'd like to try a dc pump..

love it. It’s quiet and packs a punch. I plan to also run a mini fold off if it and it should still be plenty.

 

[Mussin]

Where is your sump in proximity to your display? How much head pressure is the pump dealing with?