sump help

[Lizzie]

So i just set up a 28 gallon tank in my house & because its kind of small, i want to also set up a sump... generally smaller than the main tank. Any suggestions on where i can get me an inexpensive sump? Also, i may need help or guidence on how to connect it to the main tank...

[jason the filter freak]

Have some one help you drill your main tank. You can make your own sump from a 10 or 20 gal tank. It's not hard to do.

[Lizzie]

Have some one help you drill your main tank.

The problem is that the tank is already set up and i have already started to add stuff in it, such as ~5lbs of live rock, 2 very small frags, 3 hermits, and a snail. so is drilling the holes still possible?

[Guest webshout]

The problem is that the tank is already set up and i have already started to add stuff in it, such as ~5lbs of live rock, 2 very small frags, 3 hermits, and a snail. so is drilling the holes still possible?

 

My guess is that you'll need to empty the tank to drill it.

 

W.

[jnguyen4007]

The problem is that the tank is already set up and i have already started to add stuff in it, such as ~5lbs of live rock, 2 very small frags, 3 hermits, and a snail. so is drilling the holes still possible?

 

 

sure. you can buy a HOB overflow and set it up that way.

[gastone]

You can drill it while it is filled with H2O. It's been done before. That being said, as you don't have much in there I would transfer everything over to your sump (as Jason said, a 10g or 20g tank work just fine) and then you could drill the tank while it's dry.

 

What are you planning on housing in your sump? Skimmer, refugium, heater, return pump??? This will give you an idea of how large it should be and how you should lay it out.

 

Garrett.

[scott711]

You can drill it with livestock in it.

[jason the filter freak]

Keep in mind the a HOB overflow looks unsightly and takes up alot of space, unless you shell out a ton for a high end one. Also you typically don't have failur with a drilled overflow

[st9z]

Keep in mind the a HOB overflow looks unsightly and takes up alot of space, unless you shell out a ton for a high end one. Also you typically don't have failur with a drilled overflow

totally agree I just switch over from a canister to a wet/dry with HOB overflow. The thing looks awful and take a lot of room.

 

You can drill it with livestock in it.

How do you do that?!?! Wouldnt the glass break with all that pressure? BTW what does a drill overflow look like? Anybody have pics?

[Vader]

So i just set up a 28 gallon tank in my house & because its kind of small, i want to also set up a sump... generally smaller than the main tank. Any suggestions on where i can get me an inexpensive sump? Also, i may need help or guidence on how to connect it to the main tank...

 

How do you know if you can drill if its glass? I have a glass 75 gal, and I thought all tanks above 5 gal were tempered?

[ErikS]

How do you know if you can drill if its glass? I have a glass 75 gal, and I thought all tanks above 5 gal were tempered?

Most only use tempered glass on the bottom, some though are on the sides. Somewhere around here there's a thread on using polarized sunglasses to check the tank.............or you can email the maker.

 

There is the "drill & it shatters" test but I don't recommend that one.

 

How do you do that?!?! Wouldnt the glass break with all that pressure? BTW what does a drill overflow look like? Anybody have pics?

If it won't break with the hole in it, it won't break while making the hole...........and the water actually helps keep the glass cool. Glass dust/fragments are inert = no danger to livestock. You do however need to drain it below the future hole location (a DUH I know.....but still.....)