Love this video. Anyone that has this hobby going, runs into everything you described. I Just built a new setup and I put a lot of thought into my tiny tank. Plumbing and planning is crucial. I suggest if your watching this as a beginner. Get a all in one setup. Don't try to do what tidal garden does first. If you find yourself loving this hobby as we do. Plan, plan and get it done. God bless!
This video is amazing. The way you explain things and make them easy to understand makes me wish you’d put videos out more often. On par if not better than reef buildings/brs.
Nice! I am building a 1000 gallon tank with a 300 gallon sump (in basement) and this helps. I would love to know more about the sump skeleton setup where you move the skimmer and such outside the sump. I will record the process as well and share later on.
Tip for people new to basment sumps, the pump that pumps up can slowly lose power after a long time. Check a few times a year if your pump still pumps like it used to
OMG you made my heart jump out of my chest with that mummified zombie jump scare😂😂. I was so focused on that old creepy basement that i wasn’t expecting that. 😅. I get what you mean tho, those old homes with those creepy basements were the stuff of my childhood nightmares. Use to live in this old house with that kind of basement and it was creepy as hell and made all kinds of scary noises. Don’t think i’ll be putting a sump down those old cellars anytime soon. 😂
My sump is under my tank and I purchased a pair of tall cabinets from Amazon to place on either side. One has supplies, the other has chiller and uv sterilizer on the bottom and external skimmer on the top. I like the arrangement although a dedicated fish room behind the tank is my lottery winning dream.
Very cool and well said. I just have a sump under my aluminium stand. If I could, I would have a seperate room for all tank gear and filtation and everything in between.
Oh my god that’s so funny I spent 2 1/2 hours after work last night cleaning my return and my skimmer pump and when you said Reef yoga, I about lost it dude. I couldn’t think of a more apt description of what it was like doing that.
Dedicated fish/equipment room is the goal for me. I'm hoping to build a house 5-10 years down the road and my thought was to essentially make the garage an extra bay wider and then partition it off from the rest of the garage once the rest of the house has been pretty much finished. That way there would be room for a huge refugium/sump and raceway style frag tank. And you wouldn't be able to hear the equipment from the display tank/s. If you're building a space specifically for dealing with the power requirements and water/humidity, you can make it a space you don't mind spending time in. Though I'm a bit of a gear head/systems engineer type so in a way I would almost enjoy the equipment room more than the display tank.
Currently have a 225 that has been shut down to move. Just for relocating the sump into another room. I personally can't wait to have more room for reactors and nice access to the sump.
Great info! I have a 39 gallon Red Sea tank on a 2nd floor. Sump is a refugium style with mangroves that have been growing great for 4 years. Downside is ATO. The tank is too small. I do have a closet behind the tank, and might design a bigger ATO. It just needs to be failsafe, otherwise, I'll spill gallons of water from my 2nd floor.
Currently my sump is in the stand under the tank and I have every single one of the issues you've described. If my external return pump ever goes bad again I'm not even going to try to get it out, I'm just going to plop a submersible in there and replumb. It's too hard to get to. In retrospect, I could have put the tank against the opposite wall, because behind that is the converted half of my garage. Instead of a desk and cabinet holding random junk it could have been a sump and cabinets holding reefing junk. (*Sigh*) maybe some day.
I like my undertank sump for ease of access + small footprint having only so much space.... although i need to get a quieter return pump. the buzzing is starting to drive me nuts.
I don’t want to sound like I’m nit picking but I hear people talking about using schedule 80 for reef plumping. Schedule 40 and 80 is for High pressure water. It’s a total waste of money. Schedule 80 is even crazier than sch 40. Sorry had to say it
Summary: You can put a sump under your tank in the cabinet, but it will limit your space to work, size of equipment, and limit your visibility if something goes wrong. If you have room you can put everything you want right next to the tank in the open. This is beneficial because you can see everything and use large equipment. Third option is move all the equipment to another room. Beneficial because it reduces noise and gets the eyesore out of your room, but has drawbacks because the maintenance of two rooms is a hassle and issues that arise may go unnoticed in another room.
Well from experience half of what's being said isn't practical most people don't have an extra room to house a sump if I had a room for this I certainly wouldn't have it next to my tank it would just make your whole system look ugly Most aquariums with their stands are matched between tank and sap. To act as if the sump wouldn't be big enough for this tank that you have you match it, you size appropriately. I have a 180 gall tank with a 40 gallon. Sump, that's the recommendations. I have plenty of room and it's not on guile. Looking to have a whole room full of c*** just for my tank. My tank is the center of my room. I don't have extra room for this stuff. It's under the tank as far as it leaking its leaking into the sump.
Becka is the goat for this edit.
Not cool Becka 😢
I was waiting for it. I knew there had to be something. Awesome.
Love this video. Anyone that has this hobby going, runs into everything you described. I Just built a new setup and I put a lot of thought into my tiny tank. Plumbing and planning is crucial. I suggest if your watching this as a beginner. Get a all in one setup. Don't try to do what tidal garden does first. If you find yourself loving this hobby as we do. Plan, plan and get it done. God bless!
This video is amazing. The way you explain things and make them easy to understand makes me wish you’d put videos out more often. On par if not better than reef buildings/brs.
Working on it!
The tank, stand and sump at the beginning of this video is eye candy. Wow!
Hi Than and Becka!!!
Minute 15:12 hahaha well done!!! i had to chance my diaper. Excelent video!!!
For people lookin into setting one up what are the most important aspects in a sump ie; filtration heat… great video
Nice! I am building a 1000 gallon tank with a 300 gallon sump (in basement) and this helps. I would love to know more about the sump skeleton setup where you move the skimmer and such outside the sump. I will record the process as well and share later on.
I absolutely love this new building. You've killed it Than
Thank you! It has come a long way
Love the basement tour great video as always Than and Becca
Glad you enjoyed it
Absolutely wonderful way to explain the usefulness and ups and downs of a sump
soooo clean...
Tip for people new to basment sumps, the pump that pumps up can slowly lose power after a long time. Check a few times a year if your pump still pumps like it used to
OMG you made my heart jump out of my chest with that mummified zombie jump scare😂😂. I was so focused on that old creepy basement that i wasn’t expecting that. 😅. I get what you mean tho, those old homes with those creepy basements were the stuff of my childhood nightmares. Use to live in this old house with that kind of basement and it was creepy as hell and made all kinds of scary noises. Don’t think i’ll be putting a sump down those old cellars anytime soon. 😂
Great video! Need more. I have aluminum stand with sump under it. 225 gallon… would love to have a fish room for it all
My sump is under my tank and I purchased a pair of tall cabinets from Amazon to place on either side. One has supplies, the other has chiller and uv sterilizer on the bottom and external skimmer on the top. I like the arrangement although a dedicated fish room behind the tank is my lottery winning dream.
Very cool and well said. I just have a sump under my aluminium stand. If I could, I would have a seperate room for all tank gear and filtation and everything in between.
Oh my god that’s so funny I spent 2 1/2 hours after work last night cleaning my return and my skimmer pump and when you said Reef yoga, I about lost it dude. I couldn’t think of a more apt description of what it was like doing that.
I've done a lot of work in tight spaces. I try to give myself as much room as possible now.
Dedicated fish/equipment room is the goal for me. I'm hoping to build a house 5-10 years down the road and my thought was to essentially make the garage an extra bay wider and then partition it off from the rest of the garage once the rest of the house has been pretty much finished. That way there would be room for a huge refugium/sump and raceway style frag tank. And you wouldn't be able to hear the equipment from the display tank/s. If you're building a space specifically for dealing with the power requirements and water/humidity, you can make it a space you don't mind spending time in. Though I'm a bit of a gear head/systems engineer type so in a way I would almost enjoy the equipment room more than the display tank.
Whoo that took a dark turn lol. Love the video
Currently have a 225 that has been shut down to move. Just for relocating the sump into another room. I personally can't wait to have more room for reactors and nice access to the sump.
It helps a lot to have more room to work!
Great info! I have a 39 gallon Red Sea tank on a 2nd floor. Sump is a refugium style with mangroves that have been growing great for 4 years. Downside is ATO. The tank is too small. I do have a closet behind the tank, and might design a bigger ATO. It just needs to be failsafe, otherwise, I'll spill gallons of water from my 2nd floor.
I like the pre set, the suction cups hold it in place..
What company makes those black rotating nozzles for what I'm guessing is a closed loop circulation system @ 13:46?
Nathan’s sump doing a cameo
Just gonna go change my pants now 😂🤣
Do you recommend the marine pure block? I heard they leach aluminum
ohhh, that scared me in the basement!!!
WTF! .... didn't expect that! Whew, legit jump scare
That's a whole new level of tank pests.😂
Currently my sump is in the stand under the tank and I have every single one of the issues you've described. If my external return pump ever goes bad again I'm not even going to try to get it out, I'm just going to plop a submersible in there and replumb. It's too hard to get to. In retrospect, I could have put the tank against the opposite wall, because behind that is the converted half of my garage. Instead of a desk and cabinet holding random junk it could have been a sump and cabinets holding reefing junk. (*Sigh*) maybe some day.
What are the stand frames made of?
@0:19 You have a gold Asian Arowana 😁 why did you blur it out? lol
I like my undertank sump for ease of access + small footprint having only so much space.... although i need to get a quieter return pump. the buzzing is starting to drive me nuts.
just curious whats the dimensions of the tank at the 15;41 mark thanks
Got me @15 min in gahhhh 😂
Morning..I was Wondering if Becka would like 2 Clown fish? I saw how her Female died😪
I don’t want to sound like I’m nit picking but I hear people talking about using schedule 80 for reef plumping. Schedule 40 and 80 is for High pressure water. It’s a total waste of money. Schedule 80 is even crazier than sch 40. Sorry had to say it
15:12 Than when he spots an unwanted hitchhiker
Thien said yeah it’s tight down there 😂😂😂😂
I use AIO aquarium for my SPS. No plumping, very quite. Not sure why people need to get a sump?
Summary: You can put a sump under your tank in the cabinet, but it will limit your space to work, size of equipment, and limit your visibility if something goes wrong.
If you have room you can put everything you want right next to the tank in the open. This is beneficial because you can see everything and use large equipment.
Third option is move all the equipment to another room. Beneficial because it reduces noise and gets the eyesore out of your room, but has drawbacks because the maintenance of two rooms is a hassle and issues that arise may go unnoticed in another room.
Question: what are those rolls of pex tubing in the sump for cooling, heating?
heating and cooling. I may re-do them in the distant future with titanium heat exchangers.
Dopppppee videooo
We definitely need Than Zombie Slayer spin off
LOL the mummified farmers🤣
I check my under tank sump about 10 times a day
Lol those 👽 in basement 🤣
The type of sump makes newbie lazy to try it. Just give a simple sump design easy understand and easy applicant
Dude that was funny
I laughed when I saw the edit
jump scare 😂
Well from experience half of what's being said isn't practical most people don't have an extra room to house a sump if I had a room for this I certainly wouldn't have it next to my tank it would just make your whole system look ugly Most aquariums with their stands are matched between tank and sap. To act as if the sump wouldn't be big enough for this tank that you have you match it, you size appropriately.
I have a 180 gall tank with a 40 gallon. Sump, that's the recommendations. I have plenty of room and it's not on guile. Looking to have a whole room full of c*** just for my tank. My tank is the center of my room. I don't have extra room for this stuff. It's under the tank as far as it leaking its leaking into the sump.
90 gallon display….. sump underneath. If I could I would have a larger display (duh) with the sump and frag tanks in a room adjacent to the tank.
Than wick - zombie farmers don’t mess with his coral
Unfollow you scared they hell out of me😂😂😂 jk
Lol
You got me 😅