sump/fudg for 46 gallon need help

[justinandkrista]

I plan on building a sump or fudg for my bowfront but dont know how to fit one in the stand. Dose anyone have pics or ideas from there own designs.

 

[mmkeeper]

what stand do you have? I had one in mine before I upgraded to a 75.

 

[justinandkrista]

Its the oceanic 46 gallon bowfront stand it comes with the tank i bought

 

[mmkeeper]

My sump was 25x12x18. I had to use styrofoam under the sump to level it because it was to big to drop inside. It worked well was difficult to clean, but I made it work. I bought off ebay.

 

[returnofsid]

I ran into the same problem with my 46 bowfront. Instead of trying to put one under the tank, I went with the Large CPR Aquafuge. Surprisingly, it does an awesome job. I've got a fairly deep sand bed in the fuge with lots of Macro Algae and a few pieces of rubble rock. In the 46, I've got about 60-70 pounds of live rock. I've got a Mandarin in this tank and TONS of pods and Mysid Shrimp. At any given time, I can look in the Aquafuge and see lots of pods and shrimp.

 

[justinandkrista]

yea i was also thinking of a hob fuge thats cool u keep a mandy in there cool pics 60 lbs of rock will help alot with filtering. I wanted to go with a sump tho for more water volume.

 

[returnofsid]

Well, I'd find the largest tank that'll fit inside your stand and still allow room for maintenance. Then, using this tank, build your own sump/fuge. I built one out of a 29 for my 75. It was actually very inexpensive. I already had the empty 29 and only had to buy a tube of silicone and get 6 pieces of glass cut. Then it was only a matter of building my baffles to suite the size I need for Skimmer and Return Pump. Oh I also already had a HOB Overflow. Just make sure your Return Pump and Overflow are equally rated.

 

[justinandkrista]

Yea i think i could very easily make a fuge. Its working with the space thats a prob. The back of the stand is only 21.5 inches wide but i think i could fit a 10 gallon "20x10x12" through it. I plan on having room for my skimmer then a baffle to a fuge section and a couple of baffles to my return. the return dont have to have a ton of space just enought for my return pump right? Id also like to put my skimmer outside my fuge that way i could get more room for a fuge and keep a sand base, rubble, macro and pods. Thats the goal but i dont know if its posable.