Lady-Lene Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Hi all Just curious .... I hear some of you talking about sumps and was wondering if you could fill me in .... is this something to drain off water when doing a water change? If I'm gonna get a 4-6 footer I don't want to syphon off into a bucket like I do with my 100 ltr tank - that will be cumbersome. You guys got an easier way? Cheers Rayelene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 A sump is a type of filter.. Basically you stick another smaller tank underneith your big tank with a pump in it.. And you fill it up with all the sorts of things you normally stick in filters and all your tank water gets pumped through it and filters your water.. There are heaps of advantages like you can hide your heaters in it, you can have a large amount of media etc etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 and as they say- the solution to pollution is dilution- ie more water in the system! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady-Lene Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 A sump is a type of filter Ta for that RyanJury. Ok so its a filter ... doesn't help my syphoning dilemma. So even with a large tank you still have to syphon off from the top? Maybe if I inserted a hose (which of course would come out when not in use . . . I've read that fishies don't live long outa water :lol: ) that went under the house and into a drain? If it had enough drop would it syphon on its own? At lease then I'd only have to cart the fresh water I'm adding in a bucket. the solution to pollution is dilution Nice quote by the way Davidb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 yep- in my reef i still syphon weekly to get out all the crud. this is because the heavy crud just sits at the bottom of the tank, and the overflow to the sump is at the top of the tank! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted April 9, 2007 Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 i recently made the trip to bunnings and got a few metres of tubing that fitted the ends of my siphons- out the window the hose goes and voila! you just have to start it, vacumn the tank then let it drain to where you want. you could hook up some sort of doohickey fitting onto your tap with a hose to pump back in if you liked or you can set up aging bins with heaters and powerheads and attatch the hose onto the powerhead to pump back into the tank. the powerhead has to be fairly large though, i attempted to use my smaller 1000lph to pump into my discus tank that stands 5' foot and i ended up bucketing it back in cause i wasnt waiting hours for it to refill :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady-Lene Posted April 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2007 Ok - so still have to do it the hard way. Heres a money spinner .... some sort of gravel syphoner (bit like a pool skimmer) that runs around all by itself (on a timer of course), measures how much water it took out, then triggers a refiller that measures out water and ager and heats the water to desired temperature on the way thru, replacing the water taken. Ooooh you could even dial-up for meds if you need them! ... Then switches itself off til next time. Bet you all would buy one of those hey! :lol: :lol: :lol: Did you know you can heat your shower water like that now. Heats only the desired amount (as you use it). They are supposed to be pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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