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Old 04-25-2006, 12:51 AM
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Ruth,
Jack and I built a sump a couple of years ago. It was quite easy. I simply had an acrylic shop cut the pieces to the sizes I wanted and used Weldon 40 to glue it all together. I used silicone to add baffles.
It might be a challenge to find a shop around you but I'm sure shipping of pieces of Acrylic would be cheaper than a completed tank.

If your interested I could pick up and mail pieces to you?

Or you could talk to Wendell

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Old 04-25-2006, 12:55 AM
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Hi Jason,

How did you like using the Weld-On 40? Its a 2 part right?
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Old 04-25-2006, 01:04 AM
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Oh Jason thanks but you have no idea what an idiot I am when it comes to building stuff or putting it together - heck I had to bring my Calcium Reactor down with me at Christmas so Wendell could put it together for me (It is a grotech reactor and the instructions were not very clear - I did manage to put my Precision Marine one together). No I would be far better off getting someone to build it for me and either paying for shipping or coming and picking it up. I have had an e-mail from a guy in Saskatchewan that is willing to build it for me and has built a few and sent me some designs that look pretty good to me.
I guess I would like suggestions for design of a sump/fuge that will sit below the tank (or behind it in a separate fish/equipment room. For now I will not be able to have a fuge sit above the tank which would be ideal but it will have to part of the sump or a separate tank connected with bulkheads and plumbing.
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Just a note:

The top-off system Rory explains he is using is the same concept as the dosing pump Fish was using on his famous cube. Water is added to the system at approximately the same rate as evaporation occurs... and levels are adjusted whenever needed.

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