A sump that cleans up after itself Video

Thoughts of shutting my tank down, husbandry has been somewhat lax in the DT.



Dave asked for a picture of how I was using my sump to run GFO and carbon

so hopefully this will clear things up a bit on how I'm doing just that.

I had this sump custom built by Lifereef to be as versatile as possible

but never thought about larger outlets to a pump :doh: Thus the 2 1" lines

adapted to 1.5" to feed my Water Blaster 7000 pump.



I have removed most of my coral and this allowed to separate the rock

and begin blowing it off, creating a large amount of settlement in the sump.

Crazy how much builds up where the rock touches.

Anyway I knew a picture would never explain my method of harnessing the sumps flow to run GFO and carbon,

so as I begin cleaning the sump

thought this would be a great time to do a shoot on how I'm accomplishing this.

The 1st bottom baffle that forms the 1st egg crate shelf that holds my mechanical filtration has 2 holes

drilled through to the next area of the sump

bypassing the mechanical filtration shelf, lest some idiot left it in place long enough to clog.

Great use of skills in sump fabrication :agree:

This does allow for some stuff to bypass the felt, (2 holes maybe 3/8"diameter ea.)

but there's a final stage that has no bypass directly over the exterior pumps inlets