220 gallon filtration

[babblefish1960]

Is a sump something I should be thinking about ?    Babble ?    insight  ?



what would be involved ?  and what equipment will I need ?

Dave

There are two people here that have talked about sumps in freshwater systems that you may well wish to look into, Bitterman and Saltcreep. The theory of sumps have been mentioned here, they do increase the load bearing capacity of the main tank, additionally, it allows peripheral ancillary components to be tucked away out of sight, and in the case of your fish, presumably will protect everything from being broken.

Give it some thought, you can build a good sump without drilling, you may find the noise too much, but check around, you may want to go that way.

[audioslave_36]

Well that is once again very helpful info, I well contact both of them and get their points of view and see if they have any pics they would like to share.

thank you

Dave

[bitterman]

I always thought sumps were for salt water only.   

I have a 195 with a 30 gallon sump and built a trickle filter for about $40

http://ovas.ca/index.php?page=44

If you are planning on a planted tank a sump is not a good idea since it will cause Co2 loose if you want Co2..

Also if you are on well water here is the water change system I setup on my tank... Prety cheap and simple.

http://ovas.ca/index.php?page=52

Bruce