DIY Projects

DIY AIRSTONE PROJECTS

DIY Airstone Manifold

Quick and Cheap Do It Yourself Airstone

 

DIY AQUARIUM - OTHER

Make Your Aquarium an "Endless Aquarium"

Simple DIY Brine Shrimp Hatchery

 

DIY AQUARIUM STAND PROJECTS

Building an Aquarium Cabinet

How to Build a DIY Aquarium Stand

 

DIY AQUARIUM TOOLS PROJECTS

Build a Better Fish Trap

DIY Tool to Drain, Fill and Clean Gravel (Similar to Python)

How to Build a Simple DIY Fish Trap

 

DIY DECORATION PROJECTS

Cave Grotto Aquarium Background

How to Make a Weighted Anchor for Plastic Aquarium Plants

Low Cost Aquarium Substrate

Make Your Own Background From Styrofoam

Make Your Own DIY Aquarium Cave From PVC Pipe

Quick and Beautiful DIY Fish Cave Made From a Coconut!

 

DIY FILTER PROJECTS

DIY Protein Skimmer from PVC

DIY Trickle Filter Made from Home Depot Buckets

Make Your Own Fluidized Bed Filter

Make Your Own Sponge Filter

Quick and Easy Wet/Dry Filter

 

DIY FISH FOOD PROJECTS

DIY Frozen Fish Food

How to Hatch Brine Shrimp

 

DIY LIGHTING PROJECTS

DIY Compact Fluorescent Lighting For Less Than 20 Bucks!

ODNO Lighting

 

DIY OVERFLOW PROJECTS

Compact Standpipe Design for Hang-on Overflow Boxes

DIY - Skimmerless Overflow

DIY Overflow Box

DIY Overflow Using Only PVC Pipe

Overflow for Wet/Dry Filter or Sump

 

DIY SUMP PROJECTS

Sump Model F

 

 

  Sump Model F

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left: Intake section    center: Return Zone     right: Refugium

 

Normal water level when sump is installed.

 

Top View: Teeth divide Refugium from the Return Zone.

 

Freshwater flowing through teeth. Saltwater's density reduces this event.

 

Dimensions

Total Sump 48" x 15" x 16"
Intake & Refugium 12" x 15" x 10"
Return Zone 22" x 15" x 9"
Total Volume - 46 gallons
Operational Volume - 28 gallons

 

 

 

 

 

left: 1" bubble trap to defeat microbubbles

 

Once it arrived, the proud owner sent me a few pictures.

 

That is an Aqua C Ev-180 in the skimmer section. (Cat not included!)

 

The sump was installed from the back of the stand. The center brace was removed to fit it in.

 

Sump in stand, electrical panel to the right. An acrylic divider was installed to prevent splashing that section.

 

Above is the sump in action during a freshwater test run. The refugium is on the right.
The markings indicate how many gallons of water filled the center section.

 

Article originally from http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/sumps/sump_f.html

 

 

 

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