In Built sump... need ideas

[henward]

thinking.

building a tank with an inbuild sump with in the tank on the side or back.

requirements

1) easy access to 4x filter sucks.

2) lots of bio media.

[David R]

Should be easy enough to do if you're going timber frame + fibreglass, I have ideas in my head but its easier to scribble a picture on a piece of paper than describe it in words! You just need to construct a secondary tank beside/behind the main tank with an overflow running in to it, then the socks, then the bio media. Just make sure it is big enough....

[hovmoller]

1) easy access to 4x filter sucks.

Why does it suck? I thought easy access was a good thing! :slfg:

I like the idea of not having all the plumbing a separate sump has. As long as you can get enough height/pressure to push water through your media.

[henward]

Why does it suck? I thought easy access was a good thing! :slfg:

I like the idea of not having all the plumbing a separate sump has. As long as you can get enough height/pressure to push water through your media.

yeah tahts what im thinking.

but calculating initial costs vs volume, is key here, ply cost vbs all glass with metal stand.

but a 'discrete' sump would be cool.

[spoon]

im guessing the tank would be big as id just add an extra two foot to it bit of glass across this an inch below where you want the water drill some holes for return plumbing , paint black with epoxy paint then make baffles like a marine tank fill these with media return pump and heater in end compartment plumbed back through glass give us some requirements and measurement s and have a sketch up competition lol