Making a Sump for my 29 G

[MrsPeel]

I was thinking about building a sump for my tank, and saw this http://users.rcn.com/reef101/diysump.html Are there easy plans out there? Or do you all think this should work fine?

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[reefrunner69]

link didn't work.

What are you wanting to achieve with your sump?

[TheMadNucleus]

Mrs. Peels - The link worked ok for me - but that is not only a sump but a complete Wet/dry system. Is this what you are looking for? It is a fine design if that is the type of system you want (wet/dry) - if yo are just interested in a Sump as a delivery system for an Overflow input then this is like a bit more then you need.

So, Sort of the same question as Reefrunner

[Brad]

I added a sump to my 30 [acronym:0b1c7dbf9c="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:0b1c7dbf9c]. The main reason was simply to increase the total amount of water in the system and provide additional space for [acronym:0b1c7dbf9c="Live rock"]LR[/acronym:0b1c7dbf9c] filtration and [acronym:0b1c7dbf9c="Deep Sand Bed"]DSB[/acronym:0b1c7dbf9c]. It also made my tank a lot tidier since I was able to put all the heaters, skimmer etc. etc. into the sump

Given that was my goal, all I needed from a sump was a box that would hold water. I used a 20 [acronym:0b1c7dbf9c="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:0b1c7dbf9c] off-the-shelf cheap aquarium, but I've heard of others that use rubbermaid tubs.

Cheap and effective.

[Biggen]

I use a 15 gallon rubbermaid container for my sump. Bought it from Wal-Mart. I didn't even install any baffles in the thing. Just a plain ol'e plastic box...