sump

[Bosnianblood69]

uilding a new sump from acrylic have plans will post pic but would you guys recomend 3/8" =.354" or 1/4"=.220" acrylic i would think 1/4 because of lid having cross brace and all the baffles acting as braces too, any idea?

 

[Bosnianblood69]

pic of sump

 

[Grizz]

3/8 at the min. dont risk it.

 

[Bosnianblood69]

could i use 1/4 for baffles? snd just stay away from 1/4 for sides and bottom?

 

[Phranque]

3/8 at the min. dont risk it.

+1. IMO, 1/4" acrylic is going to allow a bit too much flex with the water pressure behind it. If you were using a glass tank with glass baffles, then 1/4" would be fine....

 

[Bosnianblood69]

so use 3/8 baffles instead of 1/4?

 

[Grizz]

I'd stick with the 3/8 through out.

 

[huma-huma]

def without a doubt do 3/8' baffles. my acrylic baffles in my diy sump bowed considerably. luckily for me they are holding ok for now.

 

[Bosnianblood69]

how big is your sump? do you have pic? how thick are the baffles?

 

[huma-huma]

I used a standard 55g tank I had sitting around and my baffles are 1/4" acrylic (wish I would have went thicker) and ill find a pic here in a few.

 

[huma-huma]

water flows from right to left (im a lefty, so everythings backwards)

I also opted to only do a double-baffles between chambers 2 and 3. mainly because I knew microbubbles weren't going to be an issue and I wanted to maximize the space for the refugium.