[TrevC]

It's been far too quiet for far too long in my house!

The new sump arrived today
Made to measure 48x18x17.5.
Just got to put baffles in and top up with equipment.
And drill tank, plumb in return.....etc.

Notice the sponge is still surviving..........

[ben]

good times m8

[BOM8ER]

Nice sump Trev am now upgrading mine, have PM'd you some questions

[bobba fett]

Awsome sponge matey,nice vivid yellow, I saw one like it in Halfords but thought it would be hard to keep. Do you target feed it?

[lindsay]

target feeds it soap

Keep me posted as to when you want tank drilled trev


Jas

[TrevC]

You all failed to notice the new addition........




the green flat sponge at the back

[karnivor]

TrevC, on Jun 7 2009, 09:14 PM, said:

You all failed to notice the new addition........




the green flat sponge at the back

Bugger, I thought it was turf algae.

[bobba fett]

Looks like the box fish has jumped out on the right hand side of the sump

[TrevC]

Been doing a bit of glass glueing....

The Benthic/Cryptic zone will be painted out to keep light down to a minimum.

This is based on the very first sump I had.

going to add brace bars across the DSB section just to be sure!

Top up holds around 30 litres, so here's hoping I only have to top it up at weekends.

All sponges have now been returned to their natural habitat, and I would like to point out that none were hurt during the build of this sump

[SLAPPY]

With so many baffles on there, I don't think you'll need brace bars at all. They just block out light over the DSB section.

[bobba fett]

Looks like a well thought out sump, I like the idea of the cryptic zone being build in

[lindsay]

Going well trev,soon have water in it m8.

[ben]

have you got an auto top up trev?

[TrevC]

SLAPPY, on Jun 8 2009, 08:33 PM, said:

With so many baffles on there, I don't think you'll need brace bars at all. They just block out light over the DSB section.

Only the two large baffles go all the way across.
Shouldn't have any effect on DSB.

bobba fett, on Jun 8 2009, 08:46 PM, said:

Looks like a well thought out sump, I like the idea of the cryptic zone being build in

It's virtually the same as the one Jas built on my first set up, only added the "Top Up" section.
All credit to the "Ginger One"

lindsay, on Jun 9 2009, 12:14 AM, said:

Going well trev,soon have water in it m8.

Can't wait to get it all wet again, so I can relieve you of some corals.........and you can relieve me of some cash

ben, on Jun 9 2009, 07:24 AM, said:

have you got an auto top up trev?

Yes Ben, peri pump linked to a System 2000 auto top up. Same as last one.
Seemed to work well so will leave it the same.

[BOM8ER]

Very good Trev, will probably copy this on my new sump

[TrevC]

Sump now in and complete, just got to fill it with water, sand and chaeto.







Going to run the sump for a week or two while I work out what to do with my rockwork.
All my old rock is out in the garden having had a thorough jet wash.

[TrevC]

Sump now wet

100 litres of Lindsay's finest "dirty water" added today.

I know Linds....... it's cleaner than most peoples water!

Think it could do with another 25 litres......

[lindsay]

No probs m8,looking good ,if you need more for the sump give me a bell m8 .

[SLAPPY]

Trev, have you changed your overflow?

Didn't you have a VDL one on there before?

[karnivor]

looking good M8, wont be long now.