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01-14-2011, 08:28 PM
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Sump
Picked up a used sump the other day. Dimensions are 36"(L)x18"(W)x20"(H). It comes out about 56 gallon. It is a little bit tall for my liking. I was going to get a 40g breeder. But on the plus size it holds more water in case of a drain from main tank to sump happening. It was not baffled therefore I needed to get some glass cut and glued them myself. It has 2 holes drilled and some plumbing connections but I don't plan to use an external pump therefore I will have them plugged.
I am just going to divide the sump into 3 sections, skimmer(drain, 11"L), return (10"L) and refugium (12"L). Pretty standard stuff. masking it before the gluing.  I am just going to skip the gluing process because it doesn't require any skills. A lot of patient waiting for one baffle to dry before doing the other because they are so close to each other when doing the bubble baffles. All three partitions are done. Bubble baffles are 9" high. Middle baffle is 1" above the bottom. 1" space between each baffles. Refugium baffle is 11" high. From left to right are skimmer section, return and refugium. Glass is 1/4".  Top down view  Lessons learned from DIY sump: 1. Get a longest tank you can get for your sump. A short tank making diving sections really challenging. 2. Probably should plan the skimmer first before the sump. A smallish skimmer section really limit the choice of skimmers. 3. Mask the hell out of the tank before applying glue. I got lazy on masking and applying a lot of glue and it shows in the pictures. Last edited by George; 01-14-2011 at 08:31 PM. 
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02-02-2011, 08:52 PM
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Skimmer
I am still building the plumbing. At the mean time, my skimmer arrived. It's a Reef Octopus SRO-3000I (aka RO-PS-3000I). It's rated for 300g. I spent a lot of time researching skimmer because I believe a good skimmer and one that is properly size for your tank is very important.
I heard a lot of good things about reef octopus skimmers. The pump they use on most of their skimmers, the bubble blaster pump, claims to be the first of its kind that is specifically designed for skimmer usage. I didn't go for a cone version because of a couple reasons. 1. The cone one is insanely more epensive than the non-cone one. 2. I still don't believe that a cone can outperform a non-cone one with the same pump. Here are some pictures of the skimmer. It came in a nice box.  Packaging  Skimmer cup cover. Nice logo  Bubble blaster 3000...  Assembly is easy and quick. Took me less than 10 minutes to assemble the whole thing (including 5 minutes to find out where is the screw hole for the air hose holder)  Sit in the sump nicely.  Last edited by George; 02-02-2011 at 09:49 PM.
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02-02-2011, 09:44 PM
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Last edited by George; 02-12-2011 at 10:35 PM.
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