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New sumps that went out recently.

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melev
, 09-04-2012 at 08:08 PM (5178 Views)
As you know, I build sumps for a living. Here are a few pictures of some made in the past 30 days or less.

A split sump due to the way the stand was built. Skimmer section and return on left; refugium in front half of right sump, with return in the back.


Simple sump with cooling fan bracket


A Single Pass Sump with refugium zone in the center. Black acrylic to keep light in the middle as much as possible.


Model F Fancy


Model G-modified with fan bracket. ATO reservoir incorporated on the left. 66" long




30" x 23" sump with refugium in the front. Somewhat like the Model M on my site.


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  1. Sisterlimonpot's Avatar
    Did you make those hinges on the Model G with the ATO?
  2. melev's Avatar
    I buy them from my supplier. It works nicely for specific items like ATO reservoirs and Dosing containers.
  3. joeogio's Avatar
    you do nice work melev! those are some good sump designs i never though about coloring the bottom of the sump before
  4. Midnight's Avatar
    That is just the protective film that he has left on the bottom panel.
  5. NEReef's Avatar
    Hey Marc got any suggestions on a sump setup for a 300ish gallon tank with a 60lx24wx16h sump? Looking at having a local plastics place make it cuz I'very heard it costs a lot for you to ship yours.
  6. melev's Avatar
    That's a big sump, NEReef. It would have to be shipped on a pallet, crated. Buying local is probably best. For your tank size, I'd imagine you are using an external pump correct? I posted pictures of Midnight's sump, which is a clone of my own. If you look those over and ask him how he likes his, that may be the best route for a good layout.
  7. NEReef's Avatar
    That's kind of what I was thinking I like the full length refugium. Do you guys have any problems fitting equipment? Marc you have a pretty big skimmer right? I haven't dialed in all my equipment choices yet so I want to make sure I have room. My big constraint is keeping everything under the stand so with a sump that size I wont have much room for an ato. Do u think there is room for an internal ato likethe one in the pic above in your sump setup if I'm just running a skimmer biopellets and maybe a reactor for carbon? And yes external pump.
  8. Midnight's Avatar
    I love my sump and there is plenty of room for everything. If you took 6.5" width(for the refugium,) from the 24" depth the you would still have a plenty wide sump I think. And with Marc and I's Sumps we are set up to run with or without socks which you could omit. Oh yeah, my sump is so big that the family refers to it as the other fish tank.
  9. NEReef's Avatar
    Midnight I was just looking back at pics of ur sump are you running all of your equipment in there yet or still just skimmer and biopellet reactor? Could I possibly get a recent sump photo if you have all the equipment operational? I'm really trying to get a feel for spacing I'm picking the dimensions of my sump so that it will fit out the end of the stand in case of emergency repairs but now that I think of it I will have to re measure the room because the tank may be to close to the walls to allow a 5' sump to slide out the end.....hmmm didn't think about that. Do you guys think making the sump removable is a big deal or as long as you make it function well you just set it up once and that's that??