I must say it works great. Water looks pristine and fish appear perfection.. I hear you are a Reefer, so I understand your comfort with so much plumbing.
Grab yourself a couple of long air stones that fit across the sump, add them in instead of the disc air stones and place one at each end of this section. This will give a better overall circular flow and keep all the media moving including the corners.
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nice sump. I also made a sump for my outdoor turtle tank. I really enjoyed the sump cause you can see just how it works and how much crap it cleans up. I actually have to clean it tomorrow because the mechanical is completely covered in nasty goo.
Thank you! This is an older video of the sump. Check out my recent video of you get a chance. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aCYQej84czs.html
I saw your video in a Facebook group. I’m currently in the process of getting a 220 gallon aquarium setup, but have had SOOOOO many questions regarding sumps and stands. If you happen to have a video of the sump build, that would be helpful to get this journey started.
Sean Shepard hey man, sadly I do not have a video of the sump build that I know of. I may have a video of it empty before I filled it which would basically show how it is done that I can share. I’ll see what I can find.
Dang man... I did plumbing on my 560 gallon. I can appreciate all the work you did.. I also have a fluidized media system; however i cant seem to get it to move well. Have a huge air pump, but it just makes the media move to the top of the sump. I have two air stone strips one each side. Any advice you can give would be appreciated.
I use a Jebao wavemaker to move the K1 in this video. That said however, I no longer use K1 media, I have replace it in all my tanks with marinepure blocks. Holds a much higher volume of beneficial bacteria.
Impressive Sump design. Can you explain how the auto top off ( using the float valve ) system works in the sump. Also is it possible through any automotive system in which automotive water changes ( periodically small amounts of 15 to 20 gallons in the sump specifically in the Return Chamber, four to five times in a 24 hour duration of every after 3 to 4 hours time gap ). Trying to figure out small AUTOMATED water changes procedure in the sump... like 20 to 30% water changes of the total tank capacity.
This is an old vid, this tank has a constant drip system on it now. It’s been in use for a couple of years now, I have a vid or two on it if you want to check it out.
hey :) do you have a link on what airpump and stones you used for the moving bed k1 kaldness filter. ? i just bought it for my Sump as well to try it out. but the eheim 400 i have for it cant even move it around :)
On the k1 media get a pvc pipe an drill some holes about every half inch an cut it so you have 2 of them that you can put on each side on at the bottom pushing air though it .. That will make it move faster an you will not have any dead zone ( media that not moving ) it will be much better an more affective … but everything look great ….
I’m not to sure seeing the the media your are moving around is in a small space… if your just using it for that and the air going out the pvc pipe you drilled the holes on…A decent air pump will do … You want one that can run about 4 of them if needed just in case …it might take a few try’s in how you set it up and how fast you want media to move …. But prices wise I say about maybe 120 - 75 dollars…. For the pump… because it depends on the size of holes you drill will determine how much air will move though them …. Hope it helps..
Perfect aquarium. Too good to be true ...what plants other than money plant can be grown in overhead sump.to absorb Nitrates like Chinese bamboo shoots ..does refugium algae / moss compartment help in freshwater aquarium ?
Thank you. I built everything…..stand, canopy, etc., all DIY. Check out my newer vids, especially on the sump. Much different now. The background on this tank is Aquadecor.
So Awesome! How often do you have to pull the mechanical filtration to clean it (sponges)? You are very heavily stocked so obviously you would be a great benchmark. Thanks
What is the reason to choose so many different types of media, instead of using only either K1 or lava rock, or the ceramics? Not talking about the pH buffering by the coral rock... Wouldn't you go better with one area just for K1 or with lava rock alone? I think lava rock is better than K1. What do you think? Anyone else?
Thank you! I have been using a Sicce 5 pump for the K1, however..... it is a bit much and will be swapping it out today with a Jebao wavemaker that I just removed from the tank. I believe there is 2 liters of K1 in there. Please check out my newer updated vids of this sump. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fCyf0rJ5tcE.html
Awesome system! Do you mind sharing how wide (or how long) your sump's K1, ceramics, and intermediate compartments (where the water goes up) are? Also, how thick is the glass of your sump? I'm just trying to get an idea of dimensions as I'm currently in the process of designing a new sump for my freshwater tank. Obviously, the space between the intermediate baffles where the water goes up is much thinner, but I just wanted to see how thin. Any input is appreciated!
Hey Marco, happy to help. I will be making a video soon to come on how I make my sumps because I do receive a lot of messages asking about them. Each section is 8” wide. In between the baffles where the water flows up...the spacing is one inch. The width of the glass baffles I cut were 17 5/8” I believe.
Got a couple of additional questions... Do the sump sections reduce in height as you go closer to the return? If so, what is the height difference between the sections?
hey mate love your vids basically trying to emulate your sump atm question are you using k1 or k1 micro and have you used both also to turn the k1 are you using an air stone disc just wanted to clarify (...lol) and are they just in each corner of the section cheers from australia ps you wouldn't believe how hard k1 or k1 micro is to get over here
That is standard K1, however…I no longer use it. I removed it about a year ago from my systems. Here were my issues with using that media… It was very loud, required a good size wave maker to push it around, like that, doesn’t hold much beneficial bacteria compared to other medias I have used and I am now using. Check out some of my more recent videos on the tank or sump. I am a big fan of using lava rock as it is very porous and much much more effective. Not to mention it is very cheap.
Hi ,,, really great Video ,, I'm new to this hobby ,, I have 4 feet long sump for my cichlids tank , I put 5500lph return pump for my sump and two outlet pipe for overflow ,, problem is water will flow up the section baffle ,,, bcoz of too much water force ,, please help me out
Nice video. I come from a saltwater background and contemplating switching to a freshwater discus setup. I currently have a 450 gallon reef with a 100 gallon sump and 40 gallon refugium. I know freshwater skimmers are not commonly used in freshwater, but can I use my skimmer by adding air stones to create fine bubbles? Also, can I utilize the refugium with nitrate absorbing plants on a reverse light cycle? Any other advice would be appreciated.
Thank you. Unfortunately proteins skimmers have little to no use in the freshwater environment. Freshwater cannot foam up like its saltwater counterpart. Best way to keep pristine water with low nitrates, etc., is to do weekly water changes and or a constant drip system like I have on my tanks that is constantly replacing water at a slow rate. Discus prefer very clean water, so I would recommend a planted tank with a sump/refugium. As far as the refugium goes, I would suggest using Pothos plants. They are extremely easy and in my experience over the years I have found them to remove the most amount of fish waste by far.
This is a great setup. I did something similar to yours as well but I don't have a strong enough air pump for my k1. Which air pump are you using in yours?
It was great to see your filter. I don't know what exactly it is called but looks great. I wasn't even aware that it really needs so much. Amazing. In how many days you do water change? I've got 18" Arowana in about 400 litre tank and I use sunsun HW 3000/H canister filter for that and I do change 50% water change every week. How many times you do?
Thank you. I do not do any water changes on this tank because it has a constant drip system on it that is constantly changing out water automatically. Haven’t done a manual water change on this tank in a year now.
@@Jetblink619 Wow! Can you show in a really long video as to how did you set up all this or at least a small example of it? It was really amazing. I'm new to your channel, let me also explore more. I loved your system.
You have an awesome setup! I've am new to K1 and have a question - how long before it stops floating? I've soaked mine for over a week and still when I put it in the sump it just bunches up and floats.
Thanks! That is a tough question to answer as each tank is different, of course. In my experience, it can easily take at least two months for it to start taking hold and start to tumble freely.
Nice setup, but my guess is total cost pushing 5K, perhaps more with some of the fancy gear. What was the budget for this? I would also beg to differ about the plants, I have a ton (including a 25 foot pothos) and although they do very well, I do not think that they are any substitute for regular water changes, they make use of the nitrates but do not 'remove' them. Just my two cents and although tbh not a fan of bare tanks like this, the fish are pretty. Did you build the setup or buy it?
I built everything you see, not a ton of money into it since I had everything already. Constant drip auto water change system on the tank does a constant water change. Nitrates practically undetectable
@@Jetblink619 Sounds like a nice system, I guess the constant refresh might be required more for salt water. I just wanted to point out that plants will not remove any extensive amount of nitrates; in my experience at least that just hasn't happened. I also rarely if ever test though, just can't be bothered spending money to reassure myself what is obvious if you look at the tank; ie everything is fine :) As I said I have a ton of plants, total biomass maybe 10 times more but on far smaller tanks, 35, 40 and 90. I grow several kinds of pothos, bamboo, jasmine, and I have a spider plant the size of a medicine ball with 4-5 foot runners; it went insane as soon as I put it in the tank. Yes, in the tank, not a sump. I built frames with window screen stretched over (cat proof), and cut slits for the plant stems. Fish and shrimp both love the roots, I cut them back so they are not unsightly also. I just wondered about all the extra equipment in a bare tank, what's to clean out of the water besides a bit of suspended particulate, esp with no vegetation, also esp after that insane sump more suited to Marineland lol. :) cheers and happy christmas
Sir why used two glass in every partition to add water from top side if I use one glass then water can also move to next part. I mean 1st glass has 2 inch gap from bottom and 2nd down 2 inch from top then water can go zig zag plz tell me reason to use 2 glass before every partition. Very beautiful cichlid
I removed the K1 from my system roughly 6 months ago. After running it on a couple of my larger tanks I decided it was no where near the capability of say lava rock. That said, I am implementing lava rock back into this sump as we speak and will be making an update video.
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What size air pump are you using and what air stones also if you can please provide me with the info that would be great having trouble getting my K-1 to move around like yours
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