Sumps

[liamg1285]

hopefully the end of the month ill be converting my rio 125 to salty and I've been thinking today about putting a sump on it to hide equipment and for extra water volume.
think im gonna go down the route of drilling the tank and fitting a durso to it but im not sure where the return feed would come from the sump into the display tank

 

[ben1987]

usually you split the sump into compartments and the return pump will sit in the last compartment. I run my return pump through flexible pipe and over the top of the tank. I dont like drilling loads and loads of holes in my tanks.

 

[liamg1285]

ok then i think i no wat i gonna do also does it matter wat size sump u use

 

[ben1987]

as big as you have room for. YOu dont use the whole tank as you need a bit of room incase you get a power cut. Think what equipment you gotta fit in there too,

 

[chr15_8]

personally i would use the twin standpipe method.

I tried using a durso, but was too noisy as its in my bedroom. The twin standpipe is silent, however i was trying to put around 4000-5000 litres per hour though it. With a smaller flow im sure it would be ok