gregzz4, I really like what you did for your sump. I read through a bit of your build and see you are running all those heaters for redundancy. How are you running that many heaters off multiple gfci circuits and still controlling them with your controller?
hillegom, thanks for the link. I already read that though and most others I can find. The problem is they are all very vague. They tell you to make sure of this and that but not how to make sure.
Maybe more pictures will help.
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This is the build up in the first chamber, which is why I was going to remove it. Now I'm thinking maybe I will leave it and cut in an access from the top so I can suck that out every now and then with a shop vac. Seem like an ok idea?
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Here you can see the previous owner used the old drip tray and placed filter floss in it. You can also see how the first chamber overflows into it. You can see that the top is one piece so hopefully cutting in access to the first chamber wouldn't weaken it.
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So I have a few options and what opinions. Do I keep the drip tray and run floss? Do I modify the drip tray by installing a filter sock and plugging the other holes? Do I build a tray for filter socks? If I build a tray do I make it as big or smaller than the drip tray? If I go filter socks does the water in the chamber need to be below the socks?
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Now in this one you can see that the top of the baffle is about the same height as the bottom of the drip tray. Would I need to lower that baffle to make this chamber work this way? It would be easy enough to cut a piece that will fit the bottom of this baffle and make this a full chamber. Although if I put cheato under the drip tray I would have to light the chamber from the side.