My 60 gal build

[danny zubot]

You've seen mine, its about as basic as they come. 1 up 1 down where ther water comes in, and another at the opposite end to act as a stop if you want a fuge. I've seen more creative sumps with very elaborate baffle configurations so maybe someone else has a better design.

How many baffles do you have?

[chris121277]

So.....I have 3 of the 4 baffles siliconed into place just need to wait until it sets a little before adding the forth.

Because of the limited space to make it easier to work on I'm thinking of cutting back the PVC pipes that I have coming from the over flow and using flexible tubing......does anyone have any pro's or cons of doing this?

I can't wait to finally have a big enough sump to be able to get the heater out of the display and have room to put my media reactor somewhere.

[chris121277]

Originally Posted by danny zubot

You've seen mine, its about as basic as they come. 1 up 1 down where ther water comes in, and another at the opposite end to act as a stop if you want a fuge. I've seen more creative sumps with very elaborate baffle configurations so maybe someone else has a better design.

How many baffles do you have?

I'm putting in 3 baffles for the bubble trap, and one to make a stop for the fuge.........When you put in your baffles what order did you put them in...from the in side....over under, or under over?

[fishytime]

Over/under/over....will force any microbubbles up to the surface....your gonna love the sump for many reasons

[chris121277]

I got all the baffles siliconed into place, now just going to leave it for a few days so it completely cures. I'll properly end up waiting until next week end to get it put in and running.
I took a few shots to show how much bigger the new sump is going to be.

My existing set up
(the return area is so small that I'm now topping it off twice a day)

The new sump set in place in front of it

[Leah]

Hey wanna make me a sump too! he he,actually how is the Copperband doing? I want one so bad.

[chris121277]

Not sure why......but unfortunately during the night he decided to go and check out the rest of the kitchen
I'd love to get another
WOW...I didn't realize how dusty the inside of my stand was until I looked at that first pic again....

Originally Posted by Leah

Hey wanna make me a sump too! he he,actually how is the Copperband doing? I want one so bad.

[chris121277]

I was experimenting with the camera, I think I'm getting the hole manual focus thing figured out. Here are a few of the pics that I thought I'd share.
[img width=650 height=520]http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq339/chris121277/reef%20tank/PB270032.jpg[/img]
Just got these....watermelon zoo's
[img width=650 height=490]http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq339/chris121277/reef%20tank/PB270036.jpg[/img]
another of my new corals....was supposed to be a hammer but looks like a frogspawn to me
[img width=650 height=487]http://i461.photobucket.com/albums/qq339/chris121277/reef%20tank/PB270037.jpg[/img]
and a shot of my tri-color acro

[chris121277]

I was experimenting with the camera, I think I'm getting the hole manual focus thing figured out. Here are a few of the pics that I thought I'd share.

Just got these....watermelon zoo's

another of my new corals....was supposed to be a hammer but looks like a frogspawn to me

and a shot of my tri-color acro

[Leah]

Holy! Are those the frags you just got? Some look like colonies! They are incredible