FRESH WATER AQUARIUM SUMP HOW DOES IT WORK?

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[HaloToday]

Love that giant sump of yours! Great way to add more water to your overall system to keep things more stable with all those awesome fishes you have in there. Thanks for showing your great setup!

[jasoncains]

Hi, thanks explaining sumps and how you run yours, I think if you had turned pump off to show power cut etc, to show what most people are worried about, water overflowing, great channel 👍

[simonphillips]

Finally a video about micks fish tanks. Bn waiting patiently. Nice brav.

[elchangata]

Badass, bro. 👍 Thank you for this video. 🎥 Now I understand how they work. 💡

[Classicpunch]

Really wish I went for a sump on my 200gal... Had to opt for 2 fx6 instead. We live and learn...

[SquiddysAquaticts]

Tanks a beast mate!
The Geo's are beautiful 👍✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[stucody]

I found the K1 to be far too noisy as it would hit against the class. So I swapped it over to biohome which I have packed to the rim. Biohome is fantastic stuff! In 2 more smaller chambers I’ve filled with biohome gravel. Because my sump is full of media I use a reactor for chemical treatment ie nitrate removal.

[jagboy]

lol... I did this back living in Germany in 2000. My tank was 309 gallons and I had a 90gallon tank under it that was the filter and house the pumps and heaters. My tank was always over stocked and crystal clear.

[christophes]

Merci pour toutes ces explications. La filtration est impressionnante. 💚💚💙💙💚💚

[Alex-uule]

Can you do a tour of all of your aquariums/ponds? Im a new viewer and a few of us dont know what tanks youre talking about when you reference your own. Love the vids very informative and entertaining bro

[itbestuk]

Hi, love the channel, out of interest why would you put fine media before the coarse and medium sponge? Shouldn't it be a decreasing media from coarse to fine?

[CharlesLales]

Hi, nice setup! But you missed bit info..
The volume of water going through your sump is not related to the valve but on DC return pump load. The valve is only there to set the proper flow adapted to your pump load, in order for the second intake overflow to take slightly bit water and minimize this way greatly the noise. This is why you have 2 overflows, but only one valve.
Mechanical filtration can be done efficiently with roll paper filter as well. Moving bed is excellent for biological filtration you're right. After that you out other static biological filtration not needed. The big bowl may in certain anaerobic conditions (no O2) degrade NO3.. but in this case, too much flow. You may also setup on return some derivation for chimical absorber as you're using, or UV.. or O3 (ozone).
I can't put link direct in this comment.. but if you check charleslales and diyaquariumfilters you'll find the cool minimalist but efficient sump I developed, all automatic ;-)

[giacalonebuilding]

Thanks a lot great vid! I am a amphib and reptile guy have done loads of bio active custom tanks waterfalls and the works but plan to build a huge 1200 gallon pond in my great room with 15 foot waterfall and want to do a sump system in the basement below the pond. What could I use for the sump was thinking to buy one of those 250 gallon plastic ponds or maybe build a box with liner etc. I build homes for a living so the construction aspect I am good with just don’t want to mess up details as I hope this pond will be a forever feature of my home

[AlexB-bdjg]

Love the sump, what power air pump are you using please? Have a 3.3m x 1 x 1 tank with a huge sump and a ton of K1 but dont know which air pump to use to get the K1 to circulate like you are - which you using please? Great vid!

[philcavallini]

Nice looking sump, why did u go with a fbm instead of a wet/dry style filter? U would get better mechanical and superior biological filtration compared to a k1 media not to mention less equipment and if the power cuts off for an extended period of time, u won't lose the bacteria colony and cause a recycle of the filtration. Regardless the setup is nice! Also u can use a check valve on the return pump so u get minimal inundation of water during a power loss as well. I use them often as well as keeping the return nozzles barely below the water line so the moment the power cuts off, u get minimal back siphoning.

[bishop]

I’d say if you are having to do something to ur sump once a week mate, then your sump isn’t working as it “could”.

I’d get rid of the floating plastic, it’s really not efficient vs the space it takes up, bacteria doesn’t like to grow on it and it could take 6 months before it’s actually doing anything for you.

Best swap it out with bio balls and charcoal. The charcoal will clear ur water of tannins 👍

I'm sure a year on you will know this by now, but for anyone else.
the siphon adjuster valve. you want to adjust that until the tank fills up so that the smallest of trickles of water goes down your emergency standpipe.
then you should get next to silent running.

[gavinkiely]

What's lights you using on the sump or on the base of the tank to brighten up your sump??

[enhncr]

To remove tannins use seachem purigen. It is the best. I always love smart people who knows that k1 is the best biological filtration and who use jbl symec as mechanical filtration:). Good job

[travisdysart]

You change your water and your filter components one time per week?

[StraightothePointNews]

I have a overstocked 75 gal cichlid tank running a fluval 405 and a 80gph hang on the back filter but I want to keeep my water much more stable. Would switching to a 35 gallon sump be safe for my fish if I use most of the same bio media from my canister?