Need some rubbermaid sump ideas

[Novi]

I am looking to do a Rubbermaid sump and would like some ideas/help so if anyone with this type of filtration setup could post up there configurations and pics I would appreciate it!

[Coral Hind]

Here is my 33gal rubbermaid sump under my 75gal tank. My ASM G1X is in there. No baffles. It has a 1" bulkhead to a classic Quiet One pump from 1995. Is doesn't get any easier then this.

[ctenophore]

I miss that pump.

[Novi]

Here is my 33gal rubbermaid sump under my 75gal tank. My ASM G1X is in there. No baffles. It has a 1" bulkhead to a classic Quiet One pump from 1995. Is doesn't get any easier then this.

 

 

That was exactly what I was looking for! Thank you.

 

Do you have any live rock in there or just your Protein Skimmer?

 

Is the overflow connected directly to your skimmer and then the skimmer pumps out the water and it goes straight into your return?

[Coral Hind]

The drains come down the 1" tubes and just empty into the sump. They are not connected to the skimmer. There is currently no live rock in there but in the past there were a few pieces stored there.

 

On the 1" bulkhead I have the foam filter from a Mag 9.5 and I rinse it out weekly. I use a maxi jet to pull the water and detritus from the sump when I do water changes. I have been using this tub for four years now and have had no issues.

[Coral Hind]

I miss that pump.

 

I am glad you let that one go. They were the best small hobby pump ever built, absolutely silent!

[ctreptow]

Here is my 100 gallon rubbermaid sump.

 

Chris

 

Edited April 10, 2009 by ctreptow

[ctenophore]

I am glad you let that one go. They were the best small hobby pump ever built, absolutely silent!

If you ever decide you need to upgrade and that pump is no longer useful, I get first dibs to buy it back!

[Origami]

Here's mine. It's a 100 gallon stock tank. Maybe a little more than you want....

 

[astroboy]

OK, dumb question, perhaps, but.....

 

 

I mix up my saltwater in a 55 gallon rubbermaid. To get the correct salinity, I often wind up topping it off to within an inch or two of the top. After a year, at the midpoints at the top I'm starting to see white strain lines. Uh oh.

 

No big deal, if it ruptures, it all goes down the drain. That's not the case with the sump. So, two questions for wiser heads:

 

1: How far up from the top can you fill a rubbermaid, and have it not rupture within, say, 5 years? I'd like to have 20-24 inches of water in my sump, but have only 29" of vertical space...

 

2: Aren't there more rigid/heavy duty containers out there that would work better? I think this has been brought up in a forum before.....