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Phalanx · 05-10-2008, 03:52 AM

Hey everyone this is my first ever post, and also my first ever saltwater Aquarium. My name is Jason and i am 19 and i live in australia.

I am designing a 680 litre tank or 150 gallon to most of you guys. looking at running a sump. i have a couple of questions about the process.

With my tank, it is 1500mm long, 770mm wide and 600mm deep.

Now i need to know some dimensions about the hole i need to be drilled in the bottom of the tank and what size sump would be be ideal for my tank.

The other question is. If the inlet pipe(running from the tank to the sump) is gravity fed, as i assume it is, then do i just put some mesh over the hole so that nothing falls into the hole (sand or fish) or is there some other way?

Thanks

05-10-2008, 03:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Phalanx Plankton Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 7 Karma: 3	Extremely New....Sump size Hey everyone this is my first ever post, and also my first ever saltwater Aquarium. My name is Jason and i am 19 and i live in australia. I am designing a 680 litre tank or 150 gallon to most of you guys. looking at running a sump. i have a couple of questions about the process. With my tank, it is 1500mm long, 770mm wide and 600mm deep. Now i need to know some dimensions about the hole i need to be drilled in the bottom of the tank and what size sump would be be ideal for my tank. The other question is. If the inlet pipe(running from the tank to the sump) is gravity fed, as i assume it is, then do i just put some mesh over the hole so that nothing falls into the hole (sand or fish) or is there some other way? Thanks