 Re: help on sump
I have just done a sump for my 55 gallon. I used a rubbermade container (I think it is about 13 gallons). If I had to do again I would have gone a bit bigger. Anyway to make it work go as big as will fit under your tank.
My directions:
1 Get or make an overflow box
2 send water to sump from bottom of overflow using pvc or flexible hose
3 make water from overflowpass through filter media, skimmer etc.. located in sump (I used a smaller rubermade which sits on the sump to hold my filter pads then dilled small holes to drip into sump
4 Connect pump to pvc leading back up to tank and return water to tank with bulkheads, return values, or any other way you want to get the water in the pvc back into the tank.
You can probably do this for:
$10 - Rubbermade
$2 - Rubbermade
$30- Overflow
$8 - PVC pipe and fittings
$30 - pump
Hope this helps.
Aaron
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55 Gallon Attemped Reef - 20 Gallon Sump - 250 Watt MH - True Perc, Yellow Tang, Purple Chromis, Snails, Hermits, Sally Lightfoot, Green BTA, Colt, Xenia, Flower Pot, Green Star Polups, Assorted Mushrooms, Maxima Clam, Still Hooked... | 
