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dherrera83

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Hes a pic of the DIY sump

Enjoy!
 

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dherrera83 said:
Here are some shots... THe pipe work will be shown another day as i still have a mess and have not fully connected everything neatly as it should be. So cut me slack!... lol

The second tank pics will be shown next week one i get the bulb from wingo.
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The tanks look absolutely amazing, Love the concept & especially YOUR execution...

My setup shares the same drain/return combo on my cube. my shallow tank has an overflow box but my cube has just a strainer, having an anemone and a strainer proved to be a bad combination for me...

One day i came home to a disaster.. My perfectly healthy,happy? [i thought so] anemone decided to take a walk into the drain. He ended up clogging the strainer by going halfway inside the drain - causing a flood of 5+ gallons on my 2nd floor hardwood floors. which caused a lot of damage to the floors and the ceiling.

I still dont understand how he got into it, its mind boggling but it happened.

I just figured i would open your eyes to it if you haven't realized it. If i didnt come home my 20 gallon sump would have been drained. luckily it was only around 5-6 gallons...


Im looking to add some sort of a cutoff alarm or something to the right tank to prevent anything like it happening in the future [i removed all anemones in that tank!!]
 
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Yeah i thought about that and i covered it with a black mesh. Looks alittle weird but it works. I hope mine doesnt take a walk... THats the best i can do.

What you do to fix the issue?

thanks for the heads up and compliments!
 
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JonnyJ said:
The tanks look absolutely amazing, Love the concept & especially YOUR execution...

My setup shares the same drain/return combo on my cube. my shallow tank has an overflow box but my cube has just a strainer, having an anemone and a strainer proved to be a bad combination for me...

One day i came home to a disaster.. My perfectly healthy,happy? [i thought so] anemone decided to take a walk into the drain. He ended up clogging the strainer by going halfway inside the drain - causing a flood of 5+ gallons on my 2nd floor hardwood floors. which caused a lot of damage to the floors and the ceiling.

I still dont understand how he got into it, its mind boggling but it happened.

I just figured i would open your eyes to it if you haven't realized it. If i didnt come home my 20 gallon sump would have been drained. luckily it was only around 5-6 gallons...


Im looking to add some sort of a cutoff alarm or something to the right tank to prevent anything like it happening in the future [i removed all anemones in that tank!!]
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a float switch would work
 
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I added mesh as well. But the bottom line for me was how the hell did he manipulate his body to fit. He could potentially just perch/mount/set foot on it and ruin the return/drain ratio and potentially overflow it. He doesn't necessarily have to enter it to mess things up. Right now I have both mesh and Eggcrate creating an unsightly "barrier" .. Still not fail proof.

I know they sell mini float switch that could be mounted by drilling a hole or mounting to acrylc. That's my plan.
 
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JonnyJ said:
I added mesh as well. But the bottom line for me was how the hell did he manipulate his body to fit. He could potentially just perch/mount/set foot on it and ruin the return/drain ratio and potentially overflow it. He doesn't necessarily have to enter it to mess things up. Right now I have both mesh and Eggcrate creating an unsightly "barrier" .. Still not fail proof.

I know they sell mini float switch that could be mounted by drilling a hole or mounting to acrylc. That's my plan.
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Cool, let me know what you do so i can steal your idea... lol
 
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