My 60 gal build

danny zubot · #1 10-20-2009, 04:39 AM

Frags are looking good in there. Any picking from the CBB? Or did you luck out?

chris121277 · #2 10-20-2009, 02:06 PM

I have to admit that I was a little worried about putting a CBB in there.....but so far he has been great, hasn't touched any of my corals.....just pecks at the rocks.
He is eating frozen and pellets and is a very social fish, always comes over to check out anybody standing by the tank.
At the moment he is my fav fish.

chris121277 · #3 11-20-2009, 01:58 AM

A wile back I got a used 30gal off one of my customers with intentions of turning into a sump, well I've finally got around to getting the glass to make the dividers in it.....and it's time to get down to business. This is going to add aprox 10-15 gal to my system as well as give me more room for my fuge / bad fishy box.

Any suggestions on what I should be doing are welcome.......
The plans so far are pretty basic......triple divider bubble trap, and a divider between the trap and pump to make a fuge section.

danny zubot · #4 11-20-2009, 04:26 AM

You've seen mine, its about as basic as they come. 1 up 1 down where ther water comes in, and another at the opposite end to act as a stop if you want a fuge. I've seen more creative sumps with very elaborate baffle configurations so maybe someone else has a better design.

How many baffles do you have?

chris121277 · #5 11-21-2009, 01:30 AM

So.....I have 3 of the 4 baffles siliconed into place just need to wait until it sets a little before adding the forth.

Because of the limited space to make it easier to work on I'm thinking of cutting back the PVC pipes that I have coming from the over flow and using flexible tubing......does anyone have any pro's or cons of doing this?

I can't wait to finally have a big enough sump to be able to get the heater out of the display and have room to put my media reactor somewhere.

chris121277 · #6 11-21-2009, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by danny zubot

You've seen mine, its about as basic as they come. 1 up 1 down where ther water comes in, and another at the opposite end to act as a stop if you want a fuge. I've seen more creative sumps with very elaborate baffle configurations so maybe someone else has a better design.

How many baffles do you have?

I'm putting in 3 baffles for the bubble trap, and one to make a stop for the fuge.........When you put in your baffles what order did you put them in...from the in side....over under, or under over?

fishytime · #7 11-21-2009, 01:52 PM

Over/under/over....will force any microbubbles up to the surface....your gonna love the sump for many reasons

chris121277 · #8 11-21-2009, 04:01 PM

I got all the baffles siliconed into place, now just going to leave it for a few days so it completely cures. I'll properly end up waiting until next week end to get it put in and running.
I took a few shots to show how much bigger the new sump is going to be.

My existing set up
(the return area is so small that I'm now topping it off twice a day)

The new sump set in place in front of it