The new guy on the block.

[bryceschutte]

SO I got a new tank that has 2 holes drilled i the bottom. How do I utilize them with a sump? Can I use a fluval canister to pump my water back up?



Is this the route I should go?

http://www.thesaltybox.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1314

Can I just make the intake tube high enough that it sucks off the top of the water?



Or should I make an overflow?

[kien]

What you have outlined is certainly possible and will work. However, that is going to be one noisy system as the water drains out of that one standpipe. Lots of gurgling. Will likely drive you and the wife mad quite quickly.

If you want to make a quiter overflow system and HAVE to use only the one standpipe as an overflow then do a search for "durso overflow".

Personally, if it were me what I would do is implement a "herbie" overflow system. Do a search for it, lots of examples. One pipe can be your main drain, while the other will act as your emergency. Then for a return run a line from your sump up and over the outside of your tank along one of the back walls of the tank. Definitely build an overflow box around both pipes if you go this route.

You don't really need the canister filter. That's just an extra piece of equipment that you'll have to maintain (clean, inspect, etc), which really isn't necessary if you are running a sump. Just stick a filter sock on your overflow/drain line and run carbon in a reactor in your sump.

[Coleus]

Also +1 to build an overflow because if there is ever a leak or a hole at the bottom of your standpipe and your return pump is off, the whole water in your tank will pour into your sum and eventually flood your floor. I know some will say "what a chance of that", well ask Alberta_reef :-)