Making a sump

[idgy]

I would like to make a simple sump to add on my red sea max. I have no idea how to do this.

What size tank and how would I make it efficient.


Thanks for any suggestions or sites that may help me.

 

[user 26995]

Dont know if you are familiar with this website, but it helped me figure out how to build mine and it is working great.
http://www.melevsreef.com/allmysumps.html

 

[Bosco83]

I also made my sump from one of the designs on melevsreef. Here is the plans that I used it was very simple I just copied the last picture on this page. http://www.melevsreef.com/acrylics/sumps/glass/index.html He made his out of a 20 I just used a 30 gallon tank I bought from a thrift store.

Home Depot sells the acrylic pieces at a decent price and I just used silicone 1 I picked up while I was there. Make sure you clean the glass really good with something like rubbing alcohol first or the silicone will fail when you put warm water in (been there done that). Good luck and have fun!

Brian