Multi Tank Setup

[QuincinatorX]

Hello everybody, first time posting so please be gentle

I am thinking of creating a multiple tank set up consisting of an existing 60l tank and a 200l tank I have sitting in the shed. Due to room constraints I feel that making a setup with the 60l above the 200l is the way forward. I think I have figured out the main points of the build just need a couple of points cleared up from people who have done this sort of thing before.

I am planning on drilling holes in the back of the tanks near the top and having drainage to the tank below and into a sump tank is ths the right way to do it?

If the above point works, do I get a reasonable size external filter (Minimum fluval 405) and take the water from the sump tank then pump it into the top 60l tank?

How do I go about heating the tanks? do I need a heater in each tank including the sump?


Any thoughts and advice greatly apreciated

 

[KittyKat]

Using that method, the flow in the 60 litre will probably be too high.

If you have a sump (filter), you don't need an external filter as you can use just a pump.

Generally, a large point of sumps is that one puts all the equipment like heaters in there. Because the same water is circulating through all the tanks, you shouldn't need any heaters in the tanks themselves, just in the sump should be fine.

 

[QuincinatorX]

If I just need a pump, do I not need to filter the water still? Sorry to ask a probably silly question but new to multi tank set ups with sumps etc

 

[hanny93]

you fill the sump with sponges and bioballs, so it acts as one huge filter. There should be space for a heater or two and whatever else you need aswell. All the pump does is pump the water back up to the tank.


just look it up on google, there is a lot of pictures and guides on how to set one up.

 

[QuincinatorX]

That makes sense now, I will go away and thank more about what the next step is then, if the flowrate will be too high for a 60l tank, I may just stick a bigger tank up top.

Thank you very much for your help