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Here's the tank, everything is still small and young. If I remember I'll get a pic of the sump.

Yes, my first one, very easy to do. You-Tube is where I went, DIY KING's video (improved) with a lift pump. That's what I heard as well, more volume of water is easier to manage so far so good, just need to add a light back there so I can put plants in it as well if needed. just make sure if...

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yes, various types. bottom is mostly gravel and some sand (play ground all purpose) substrate.

I liked the idea of easy water changes or adding chemicals. It was an inexpensive and way project to add water volume while keeping filter and heater equipment out of view.

Yes. I cut a hole in the wall just big enough to pass the pvc pipe through

Everything about 2 weeks old now. 135g tank. 55g sump. 1" lines with 2" standpipe. Info from the all knowing Joey on YouTube (King of DIY). Aqua lift pump 3 watt, installed after pics were taken. Powerhead running the return line. Not sure of its rated gph. Sump 55g, the baffles made...

welcome BF Bobby

Those sunfish hybrids or Green sunfish are very cool looking caught a bunch down here in Missouri they are more than plentiful. The picture almost does justice to bright greenish color. From the Missouri DNR Dept of Natural resources "Centrarchidae (sunfishes) in the order Perciformes (perchlike...

Getting there. After a couple or more in some spots of thinner coats covered all the foam at least I thought I covered it all. Every now and then I found a spot that showed the Blue foam. Now I've put on a 3 or so heavier coats, but not as heavy as you would for cementing brick or concrete...

Ok so all the foam is silicone together with 100% silicon, I've read for (In the USA) DAP makes some and GE has a some. I let them set over night in a clamp, lightly clamped just enough for a little pressure and not to crush it. Then another day unclamped while chipping and carving caves and...

dit rocks I had something in another thread but here's a start. I'll find and post in the correct section after this post. The painted ones are the first coat of Portland mixed with acrylic instead of water.

The one on the right is from someone who dd this before. I used it as an example of what I have in mind. If you look up DIY "aquarium, foam rocks and cement" you will get an abundance of examples in various stages of the process.

I thought about it for the rocks, seems to be 1,00 videos on the foam/rock. Also for Sumps and for dirt tanks. I do track things for my own poor memory so maybe that will make for a good DIY thread.

good read @Caliban07. I am also looking to get a few live plants going with soil/sand. I 'm just now setting up a 135gal only 2 days into the process. Working on foam/cement rocks now. so a couple weeks I think before fish go in.