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Sump - a saltwater aquarium sump is mainly used to hide equipment under the tank and a place to perform maintenance and dosing tasks without disturbing the display tank. It is great place to hide the biopellet reactor, protein skimmer, phosphate reactor, etc. The sump also increases the total water volume in the system.

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Old November 11th, 2008  
Fish Bum
 
Question about making a sump?

This is a possiblity if i'm going to get the 100 gallon tank so yeah.

For the sump i'm going to be using a 30 gallon tank...

Anyone wanna fill me in on how sumps work and what i need on how to make on?
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Old November 12th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
Ok, I was going to start typing... then I thought.... Here's a link, its well writen. its in 3 parts
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-01/gt/index.php
If you have any questions after you have read it, I will be more than happy to reply!
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Old November 12th, 2008  
Fish Mentor
 
Hi, SnaKiZe. Hope you don't mind...I moved your thread to the sump forum. Hopefully you'll get more response here.
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Old November 12th, 2008  
Fish Keeper
 
Take measurements. Know how tall your skimmer is and how high you want the water level. Have a glass shop cut acrylic baffles to your specs. Use "Mr. Sticky's Underwater Glue" for the baffles and seal them with silicone. Run your plumbing and you're set.
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Old November 13th, 2008  
Fish Addict
 
melevsreef Read that.
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Old November 15th, 2008  
Fish Bum
 
thanks for the help guys, the reading was really detailed!!! But since money's coming hard to get by looks like i'm not going to get a 100g tank after all D:
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