Thanks for the interesting video. In the case of a 350 liter tank aquarium and two pairs of discus fish, two pairs of angel fish and about 10 other small fish. How many such filters do you think I will need?
If your plans are to build a sump. Make it at least 2x larger than the water volume of the aquarium it's intended for. The longer it takes to re-cycle the aquarium's water, the better success you'll have keeping aquarium inhabitants. Remember, bigger is better!
I agree! My 10g sump build was not the greatest design...my 20g sump is a better design and simpler as well. I've never had the real estate to have a big sump, but I recommend to my viewers that any sump is better than nothing!
I agree. I should have comment cards that pop up during the video stating I'd do it differently. The water in that first chamber does become stagnant :/
The water needs to go under the last baffle not over it. This will only create more bubbles going into the return pump. If the water goes down and under the baffle to the return pump the bubbles will go up in the chamber before and the water then free of bubbles will go under the last baffle to the pump
Do I need 2 power heads? one for the tank and one for the sump? I'm trying to figure out how to get the water from the aquarium to the sump and back up the aquarium and don't know if I should buy two power heads?
shirley williams generally your intake is gravity fed with an overflow box or overflows to keep from fully draining during an outage and a sumbmergable sump pump for return
Great series. Just what I needed to know. Starting with plans for a 20 gallon long reef tank. Seeing how I have more than enough 10 gallon fresh water tanks around the house, I am planning to use one of these tanks as my sump. Wish me luck.
Certainly no expert but the longer the water spends in the sump is important but the number of times it travels through the sump should be part of the calculation as well, there must be a sweet spot between the two factors.
Good effort.. but circulation design is wrong, your first compartment should not flow, should seep from below to the second compartment, else it defeat the purpose . Because water from your first compartment should pass through sponge/cotton, all the way to the bottom and seep through from below to second compartment....
I agree, I think I put a note in the comments or even an overlay somewhere in the video that my first chamber sucks. If you check out my 20g sump build, it's much better.
Well...It looks like it's on carpet, but that's just a carpet scrap on top of a counter in my laundry room :) I already took the whole, being-in-the-doghouse-for-flooding-the-house scenario into consideration, haha.
Idk bout that, what if she smell a bit funky? That could be bad ,very bad.. although on upside, u would smell fishy either way... bad day fukin ,or bad day fishin,.. it's a bit of a conundrum,..🤦🏼♂️😂🤣..
I can not believe you went that far building a DIY sump filter the wrong way. With a woooo ooooo included. I think you did it on purpose or your focus is less than a fish. Hahhaja you can fix it adding an extra glass on the left
Great success 😂👍🍻
Thanks for the interesting video. In the case of a 350 liter tank aquarium and two pairs of discus fish, two pairs of angel fish and about 10 other small fish. How many such filters do you think I will need?
If your plans are to build a sump. Make it at least 2x larger than the water volume of the aquarium it's intended for. The longer it takes to re-cycle the aquarium's water, the better success you'll have keeping aquarium inhabitants. Remember, bigger is better!
I agree! My 10g sump build was not the greatest design...my 20g sump is a better design and simpler as well. I've never had the real estate to have a big sump, but I recommend to my viewers that any sump is better than nothing!
Am pumped for you, guess will have to watch the rest now. Clean water and healthy fish!
The water should rise from the bottom! This build will just cause stagnation of the water
I agree. I should have comment cards that pop up during the video stating I'd do it differently. The water in that first chamber does become stagnant :/
@@TheFishTankGuy is there a better vid of what you would do now?
@@thorbradshaw2637 yes sir. Look on my channel for the 20g sump. That's a simpler and better design!
I don't belive in these subbs. It cost more electrics. More watter more maintaning. A inside canister is the best. Propper
@@richardbunt2278 you lose the expandability and customizability with that.
I'm sorry but room configuration
completely incorrect. For the operation of the current system, the first glass should be above.
The water needs to go under the last baffle not over it. This will only create more bubbles going into the return pump. If the water goes down and under the baffle to the return pump the bubbles will go up in the chamber before and the water then free of bubbles will go under the last baffle to the pump
Do I need 2 power heads? one for the tank and one for the sump? I'm trying to figure out how to get the water from the aquarium to the sump and back up the aquarium and don't know if I should buy two power heads?
shirley williams generally your intake is gravity fed with an overflow box or overflows to keep from fully draining during an outage and a sumbmergable sump pump for return
How do you cut the glasses? Should do tutorial on that...
Anyway...Thanks for sharing.
There is mistake in first chamber. No filteratio
Great series. Just what I needed to know. Starting with plans for a 20 gallon long reef tank. Seeing how I have more than enough 10 gallon fresh water tanks around the house, I am planning to use one of these tanks as my sump. Wish me luck.
+Dimitri Kolijn Good luck! It's great to have a sump, my tank is much healthier now.
Good job I would of made baffles lower I think they are to high
Haha, that Borat reference was top.
Good job on the sump 👏
+Andreas Chryseliou Thanks! Was wondering if anyone might catch that, haha.
Excellent borat reference
+Matthew Marshall Glad somebody caught onto that! I try to keep my references subtle :)
Certainly no expert but the longer the water spends in the sump is important but the number of times it travels through the sump should be part of the calculation as well, there must be a sweet spot between the two factors.
What size tank are you using this for
Do you have a video of the actual building process?
+Derek Crist I think you found it :)
awesome video! I hope to make a sump later on but I just don't have the space. hope the website is doing good!
+Rajah Slayer Website is going good, new some more subscriber tanks, but I'm going to release the site later this month!
How large of a sump would i need for a tall 60gallon tank
Love the borat reference
I like you!
Diot?
Huh?
"Great success"
love it
+Matthew McLaughlin Haha, some people catch my subtle references...
what were the dimensions of the glass baffles you used
I thought was a nitrate test delta
The water just flow the top part..should have let it flow from the bottom,give a gap below..that way the water will pass thru all filtration..
great video! were the little wooden blocks hard to get out at the end? whats the reason for the middle baffle being elevated?
so water flows under then over.
Good effort.. but circulation design is wrong, your first compartment should not flow, should seep from below to the second compartment, else it defeat the purpose . Because water from your first compartment should pass through sponge/cotton, all the way to the bottom and seep through from below to second compartment....
You are correct sir. I did a newer 20g sump build and corrected my mistake :)
how Big of a return pump do you got?
fish guy, can you do a review on the aqueon overflow mega?
Love the Borat reference @ 3:13 lol
It's a very nice!
👍🏻👍🏻love the vid, and your channel is awesome, what tank are you going to use this on?
+aquariumlover101 Going to use this one on my 10 gallon nano reef. The higher the water volume the easier it is to maintain the tank!
sounds cool
Ooo you are great man
The baffles are thicker than the tank walls xD, better safe then sorry i suppose. Nice job! ;)
LOL...thanks :)
nice information!
+Aquarium Hobbyist Thank you, appreciate you taking the time to check out my videos!
Good
"Great success".....I totally lol'ed!
My references are pretty subtle, most people miss them!! :)
Borat...nice ♡
nice video bruh
+Arya Permana Thanks, appreciate you checking it out!
The first one is wrong. The water should go under the first glass chamber not over. Water will never clean properly in the first chamber.
Don't build a sump this way folks, ain't gonna filter anything, just passing water thru
Wow wanderful
Chambers are all wrong lol
I agree, I think I put a note in the comments or even an overlay somewhere in the video that my first chamber sucks. If you check out my 20g sump build, it's much better.
test it in ur bathtub not on the carpet. its how divorces occur. hahahahahah
Well...It looks like it's on carpet, but that's just a carpet scrap on top of a counter in my laundry room :) I already took the whole, being-in-the-doghouse-for-flooding-the-house scenario into consideration, haha.
Great Success 3:13 lol
while I tend to agree, a bad day of sex is still better than a bad day of fishing lmao.. sorry...
LOL...I don't even like fishing! It's a fun song though :)
Idk bout that, what if she smell a bit funky? That could be bad ,very bad.. although on upside, u would smell fishy either way... bad day fukin ,or bad day fishin,.. it's a bit of a conundrum,..🤦🏼♂️😂🤣..
I can not believe you went that far building a DIY sump filter the wrong way. With a woooo ooooo included. I think you did it on purpose or your focus is less than a fish. Hahhaja you can fix it adding an extra glass on the left
water test passed!
Awww yeah! Congrats!
Sell me one please!
+Sergio Rueda You can make one, it's not that tough! I say go for it, it's actually pretty fun.
yolo
+Rico Suave YOLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Costly design error
+Gene Cundel which part? I would make this sump differently now, but what are your thoughts?
wrong
Wasn't the greatest build, would have changed some things knowing what I know now.
Mal mal no tiene buena funcion
El peor sump que he visto.
Huge fail
mc
Sorry but its a design failure
Very stupid sump system
I definitely could have done some things differently, mainly the first baffle placement... Led to stagnate water in the first chamber.
FAK IDIOTO
BOOOOOOO