OK, so after several years of being away from the freshwater world I decided to convert a 300 gallon saltwater aquarium. So I am converting my sump from my old salt water setup to a fresh setup.
My old sump which I had custom made measures 48"x20"x16"H. It only had two chambers. One for skimmer and the other for additional media. I took the first chamber and converter that into 3. First is the overflow which I plan to add chemi- pure at the bottom once the tank is cycled. Next chamber is setup very similar to a trickle filter but not exactly. I say similar because of the spillway of the water.
This compartment holds the mechanical filtration Matala media pads ranging from coarse to fine. The next compartment will hold submerged media (CerMedia MarinePure 1.5" Spheres) and Pond Matrix in held in a reactor chamber both will produce beneficial bacteria which will help with the largest chamber which will be a moving be filter. This will hold approximately 12 gallons of K2 media.
I finally finish it off with baffles to eliminate micro air bubble from entering the sump. So the sump is completed next I will be working on the power distribution on for the tank and re-configuring my Neptune controller system which I will probably post in a separate thread.
I didn't take many pictures while I was working but I did make a video of me running a leak and functionality test. Excuse the commentaries.
https://youtu.be/1BAkA1S665Q
My old sump which I had custom made measures 48"x20"x16"H. It only had two chambers. One for skimmer and the other for additional media. I took the first chamber and converter that into 3. First is the overflow which I plan to add chemi- pure at the bottom once the tank is cycled. Next chamber is setup very similar to a trickle filter but not exactly. I say similar because of the spillway of the water.
This compartment holds the mechanical filtration Matala media pads ranging from coarse to fine. The next compartment will hold submerged media (CerMedia MarinePure 1.5" Spheres) and Pond Matrix in held in a reactor chamber both will produce beneficial bacteria which will help with the largest chamber which will be a moving be filter. This will hold approximately 12 gallons of K2 media.
I finally finish it off with baffles to eliminate micro air bubble from entering the sump. So the sump is completed next I will be working on the power distribution on for the tank and re-configuring my Neptune controller system which I will probably post in a separate thread.
I didn't take many pictures while I was working but I did make a video of me running a leak and functionality test. Excuse the commentaries.
https://youtu.be/1BAkA1S665Q