lets see your diy sump setups

[spiffyfish]

Thanks darell that looks like them.

[Len]

Aren't they pretty much the same thing as laundry bags sold at the dollar store?

[grader]

What is the pros and cons of a sump. Drilled or non drilled.

[Yashua]

I have been throwing around the idea of using fluidized bed system... K1 I believe right? Are there any disadvantages of utilizing whole sump as a fluidized bed... I've seen a few videos on it and in reality it would be much cheaper for me to buy a tank and make it my sump for a fluidized system rather than a tricked out sump. Will I loose great benefit from not using plants and media?
Thoughts?

[Frankr409]

Here's my 10g sump on my 57g planted tank. I will never again run a traditional wet/dry setup with pot scrubbies or bio balls. My setup eliminates the need for messy drip trays, dividers, or baffles, since you use submerged ceramic media.

This sump has a Quiet One 4000 1017gph pump and 2x 4" 25 micron filter socks (best mechanical filtration you can get, aside from a diatom filter). All you need is an old tank, filter socks on the inlet, ceramic media in the middle (either in a basket or mes laundry bags), and a pump on the other end. That's it! Cheapest and easiest sump you can build

Where did you get the basket that you keep the ceramic media in?

[Len]

Jose hasn't been here in some time, but you can get a basket like that in any dollar store pretty easily.

[Frankr409]

Thanks!

[andyman105]

My Overhead Sump

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[Boyd Luth]

000000507.JPG000000508.JPG000000509.JPG these two sumps are tied together, with slow flow through the refugium....Had some left overs from the SW days. A sump/refugium can add area to your tank providing additional air, etc. I have lucky bamboo, water sprite, eco substrate, lights, heaters, UV sterilizer, PO4, and Purigen reactors, ceramic rings, bio/balls....just whatever, figured it could not hurt :-)....of course, I do know that water changes, you really do not need all this stuff.....I kinda enjoy it, and my extra sumps, pumps, etc. are being used. Cool to watch water flow, recirculation, and soon, I will add the auto top off ? Other projects have taken over :-)