Sump

[TheGrapeApe]

I'm thinking of changing my sump to better fit my new skimmer. My question is to build my sump like the pic added can I use plexi glass or should I use glass. . The second pic is my current setup.

 

[Rutrag]

It's often difficult to get plexi to hold in place to glass with silicone. Not saying it can't be done, it just isn't all that easy and often takes so much silicone that it ends up sloppy. You'll have the easiest time IMO using glass pieces for your baffles on a glass tank.

 

[BigRedsReefs10]

+1 on glass. You can get glass cut at Home Depot or lowes for real cheap

 

[TheGrapeApe]

And you can get the glass from there as well

 

[jeremy upshir]

go with the glass, plexi glass is really hard to seal and when it does it doesn't seem to last as long as glass

 

[TheGrapeApe]

Ok so do i need tempered glass or can I go with regular glass

 

[jeremy upshir]

I went with tampered but either or would work

 

[pauly79]

I went to Ace Hardware with just the measurements, they supplied the glass & cut it for $1.

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[jeremy upshir]

Nice you can't beat that.. I think I paid 20

 

[bird33]

Would a 30gal tank be a big enough sump for a 75gal?

 

[TheGrapeApe]

Mine is

 

[bird33]

Thanks!

 

[bird33]

Did u do yours yet?? I'd like to see pics! I'm in the same boat, I could go buy one but way spend the money!!?

 

[TheGrapeApe]

The first pic is the one I got with my tank. The second is what I'm going to do to it.

 

[TheGrapeApe]

I'll be redoing mine in the near future

 

[bird33]

I'd like to do that myself, so 3 dividers ?

 

[TheGrapeApe]

I'm gonna do this one maybe

 

[jeremy upshir]

I would do 3 that way you can do a refugium

 

[TheGrapeApe]

Yup I'm gonna

 

[jeremy upshir]

I messed up when I did mine now I want to re due it but I am just going to hold out, within the next year im getting a 200 gallon tank, but I only made my sump 2 sections instead of 3 because I wasn't sure how it was going to work out with doing it myself, but its been up for a year and never had any issues with it and was so easy to do just wish I made it 3 sections but I was tight for space because I have a carbon and a gfo reactor mounted under tank as well