Setting up the Sump Filtration! My New Waterbox Aquarium (Part 3)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- The past few weeks I've been busy setting up the filtration for my freshwater sump and cycling the new Waterbox Peninsula tank! In this video I visit two of my local fish stores, MAD Aquariums and Gallery Aquatica (Salisbury), to buy my filtration, and give a full run down on how the sump is progressing.
Timestamps:
1:05 - Buying the Biological Filtration (MAD Aquariums)
3:00 - Phase 1: Adding Initial Filtration
3:44 - Phase 2: Adding MORE Filtration (2-weeks later)
5:05 - Gallery Aquatica Salisbury Store Visit
5:28 - Brief Plans for Hardscape
6:00 - Buying the Filter Socks
7:15 - Chihoris Vivid LED Lights for my Tank
8:05 - Example of Sump Filtration in Store
9:45 - Adding in the Filter Socks to my Tank
10:50 - "Complete" Sump Filtration Setup
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Comment down below and let me know what you think and if you have any ideas. Don't forget to give the video a like if you enjoyed it, and I would love for you to subscribe to the channel if you want to see more content like this :)
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Check out Part 1 and Part 2 of this setup below
Part 1: Moving the HUGE fish tank
• Moving a HUGE fish tan...
Part 2: Plumbing the sump
• Moving a HUGE fish tan...
Check out Gallery Aquatica TV who have been extremely helpful with the setup of this tank!
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You are going through a lot of sponge before reaching the refugium. I don't think any food would reach it for shrimp to eat. But you will find your socks will last a lot longer. I would add maybe double the amount of bio balls or consider a liquid K3 moving bed filtration since it will not only do a great job of filtration, but also add a ton of oxygenation!
Consider putting red root floaters in your refugium. They eat up all the nitrates. Mines been at 0 for weeks using them.
That's great!! They look beautiful too
The sump is looking pretty good, I'm learning about all this fresh myself and I'd never have thought about using part of the sump for plants. Genius.
Yes it's a great idea! It's much more common in saltwater tanks
Wow, there’s a lot of work involved in sump filtration. Your videos have really simplified what seems like a complicated process.
It is definitely a lot more work in the initial phases! I think once it's all running it'll be a lot simpler
Puts me off all of that work and noise
Hi Kaity, looks like you're doing an amazing job, for refugium it'll be good to have some periods of darkness so that the plants metabolism can work properly and they'll grow better
Thank you!! Yes I really need to get a timer on the light. I have begun manually turning it on and off so they can get their proper cycle
Beautifully executed ✌️✌️
Thank you 😄😄
The bird is so cute
Just WOW!
I like. Your channel. 🐠. And your accent. 😀👋. Never been to 🇦🇺 Australia. On my bucket list
Thank you so much 😄 It's pretty awesome over here!!
Can’t wait to see the Aqua scape I put A titanium heater in the sump as Glass can break wen u are Moving stuff around in the sun who’s your little yellow friend he or she is very cute
That's a good idea! Her name is Laila, she is my little Parrotlet 😊 I've had her for about a month now but she loves to always be a part of what I'm doing
Thats is a perfect set up. The plants will help immensely, and they are out of site. I have canisters on my 125 but sumps would make life so much easier.
It definitely does! I'm loving the easy access
That is a daunting sump but such an awesome tank, good work
Thank you 😊 yes it was super daunting at first, but I'm getting used to it now!
Homer going into the hedge was a nice touch 😂
Hahaha, I'm glad someone noticed! 😂
Love those guys from Gallery Aquatics.
They have seriously been so great!!
The bird is the mvp of the channel
Hahaha, she totally is! 🤣
Good video, I really like the setup of your sump. Looking forward to your next video!
Thank you Patrick 😊
Nice setup I am also getting the same tank and sump as yours but for my marine aquarium 😊
That's awesome!! You are going to love it 😊🙏🏻
Thanks😅
Once again great job1👍 from Toronto 🇨🇦
Thank you!! 😄
Seatorch honeycomb filter socks are really good. They are a hybrid combining both the felt and mesh filter socks. They are what I used before moving over to the DD Clarisea filter roller. They don’t clock up as much as standard filter socks in my opinion. Still recommend a filter roller as the end goal because it takes all the fish waste out of the water column so it can’t continue to pollute the water. Ps sumps will always build detritus biofilm sludge like stuff . Magic foam erasers are great for cleaning the biofilm on the glass.
Thank you for all of your tips! I hadn't even heard of filter rollers until you mentioned it. They look really cool
@@Kaityscichlids they really are great. I’ve noticed my tank being a lot cleaner after installing it and my tank is full of breeding bristlenose catfish and their babies and I’m sure you know how much plecos poo. Hahaha.
It's really coming along and shaping up to be awesome
Thank you!! Yes it's exciting how everything is all falling into place 😊
Nice video 😍
Thank you Baran 😄
you gat your sump set up good the way you got it You will have a success african cichlids aquarium you doing the right thing taking your time setting it up that's going be a beautiful tank wen you get done with it
For sure!! Thank you so much Big Roy 😊
@@Kaityscichlids you welcome yeah I can't Imagine how much it can be setting up aquarium with a sump I know it is lot work tho lol
I like that sump. I’m cycling my new 75 gallon tank. My sump has 2 socks and 25 liters of K1 micro in a moving bed biofilm reactor section. I look forward to seeing more of the new setup!
Thank you 😄 That's awesome! I wouldn't mind trying the K1 media
It works very well statically too. It has a lot of surface area for the biofilm to attach. I can’t wait to get my cichlids. Have a great day.
@@Kaityscichlids They're extremely efficient, but most times not needed unless you're heavily stocked/underfiltered.
Great upload again kaity! U are super endearing. Perfect balance of knowledgeable and experience bit also new and learning yourself. And teaching.
I absolutely love it.
U are super clear and easy to understand. And I love seeing the aussie references and places. Xxx and.... hint of girl power too!!!
Doing water changes as we speak.
Thank you so much Laura!! That's so kind of you 😭♥️ I really appreciate it. And yes, girl power all the way!! 🤣💪
awesome sump. im actually at the beginning process of finding the right sump so this info will help me(rookie) because i dunno nothing about plumbing.😂
That's great! That's exactly why I wanted to document the whole process. I am in the same boat, it's my first time using a sump and I knew nothing about it, but it has been a great experience so far
@@Kaityscichlids Great im looking foward to the experience as well!!
Hornwort is great at lowering nitrates and does well with higher ph levels might be a great choice for the refugium.
Thank you! That's a good idea, I think the stuff I have in there is similar to hornwart I'm not sure what the name of it is though
You can also use the seachem matrix
It has many good reviews
I will most likely use it! I have it in one of my canister filters on my other tank
Hey 👋 it’s me again
Those filter socks are amazing but you could put off those green esponges i mean those are after filtration socks because socks hola the biggest and the smallest dirt , comes into the sump. Thoses green sponges doesnt work as mechanical filtration, in this case they help the bacterium could live there
Thank you for the tips Stuardo!
Thank you for the very informative and enjoyable video!
Thank you Joe 😊
Sweet set up! I’ve never had a sump. Mostly use canister filters and hang on back filters. Maybe I’ll try one some day. Look forward to see how it works for you.
Thank you 😄 So good so far! It'll definitely be interesting to see how it progresses
The absolute best biofilter rock is simple and cheap. LAVA ROCK from Home Depot.
Heya Kaity - the best thing I ever did for my sump was to use expanded Clay Balls also called Leca - I used 15L for like $10 but I should of purchase a bag full. Super cheap @ like $40 for like 50L bag. They need to be thoroughly washed but you will never find anything close to it in value for money and the amount you get. The level of biological filtration from them is insane. Call it thinking outside the box as you will never find them in an aquarium shop.
Wow that's so cheap!! That's a great idea. It's so true that sometimes you've got to think outside the box with things like that
Clay media/substrate is so far the best! ruclips.net/video/D2zbUsX117A/видео.html
Pumice should be cheaper and much more porous than leica - just stay away from for-aquariums bio media, they're just too expensive for what they do.
🐥 Kaity, you are a natural on your aquarium visits now ... 👏👏👏 You did a wonderful job cleaning your sump ( long and fiddly work I am sure )
Maybe when your new tank is stocked & planted you will benefit from using the floss in your sump to really polish the water.
You could make a plastic sliding cover for sump, cutting around the sump piping, this will deaden the running water sound and save you money on heating the water ... 6⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ Subs is truly amazing for your hard work ... Super well done 👍🏽👍🏽
Thank you so much Dino ☺️ All of your support means a lot!! You have been commenting since before I even reached 1000 subscribers and giving me helpful ideas for videos. I think I'll definitely use the filter floss to get rid of the particles from the sand when I put more in, it's so handy for that. That's also a great idea what you mentioned to stop the sound of the flow
You can 'instantly' cycle a tank if you use biomedia/water from an already established tank. Of course, you'd still introduce stock at a gradual rate.
Cryptos would be good for a variety of colours and structures, just cut off the leaves as you plant them as usually they melt, then they should come back just fine.
Thank you!! I will check them out
No wonder the floss was stopping the flow ha ha, Looks like you used the whole bag.
Also i would remove all the sponges they will hold a lot of detritus which will end up rotting and causing nitrate and phosphate spikes unless your cleaning them frequently.
Thank you Lee! That is really good advice. It's been so helpful being able to have people like you help me out along the way. And yes I may have overdone the filter floss 🤣
@@Kaityscichlids Haha. Loving the videos though, Hopefully you keep us updated :)
Great video as always Kaity! :)
Thank you Deej! 😊
Yay! Was just wondering how your new tank was going! And if I'd have a video to watch with water changes tomorrow am. 😀
That's awesome!! I must have known 😄
Loved the video keep up the good work 🌹
Thank you so much Mike 😊
Hey Kaity, I know this is an older video but if you have not yet move the ATO sensor to the return chamber as that is where you will get evaporation from.
Thank you Deva!! I did end up moving it to the return chamber
Looking good! Just grab some of the media from your other tank and you should be good to go.
Thank you 😄
Hi Kaity was wondering if you are going to put out a part 4 of the sump filtration showing it with the shrimp and the final product,
Hi Roy! I will definitely do this. Thank you for reminding me, it is perfect timing to do that now 😊
Great set up Kaity! How is the evaporation? If the top off is being used a lot you may want to look at some lids for the sump to cut down on that. In either case, great work.
Thank you 😊 the evaporation actually hasn't been too bad! It's about an inch per week normally
Ive been a canister guy. All my life. But im seriously considering a sump. For my next tank. 👋🐠
I was the same! It's been a great experience for me seeing how sumps work and how convenient they can be
Love your video’s I set up a Trigger 36” sump not as sophisticated as yours but I did do a refugium down there and it’s been quite successful for the life of me I could not tell you plant names I ordered an assortment of plants from Dustin ‘s plants store. They chose the plants. I added one of his 12” lights and it currently looks like a lush rain forest down there I only wish I could do that up in the tank ! Anyway nitrates are very low so I’m happy. I can’t quite get that crystal clear look in the water. I can’t run my filter sock in stages the way you did but I will be adding more filter blocks as you did here. I’d love to know how often you plan on cleaning those filter blocks. I’m guessing the socks are every week but not the blocks ?????
Thank you 😄 When you say filter blocks do you mean the Dymax ones I have for biological filtration? I think I'll probably clean them whenever they look like they've got a build up of dirt. They're pretty dirty because I didn't have the filter floss in at one point to catch the particles so I don't think they'll get that dirty so quickly in the future. I hope not anyway! That's also awesome to hear you had success with your refugium, hopefully mine will work out well too. I'm keen to put some shrimp in it
I was wondering about the blue and green filter blocks/Pads How often do you think you will clean those. As it’s going to be tough to add and remove at least in my sump. I guess it’s a dumb question it’s always going to vary with fish stock and feeding habits. Lol I think I just answered my own question.
LOVE YOUR VIDEO’s keep them coming. Your so clear and thoughtful I could never explain anything as nicely as you have.
Recommend removing all of the sponges. Every time they clog, it is going to just make a hot mess of the sump. The black and blue will collect so much over time that pulling them is going to release so much you will have to turn off the system, drain and clean the sump, and restart it. The refugium section may get a little waste/detritus, but shrimp will help. Ammano Shrimp will do better than ghost shrimp.
Thank you for the tips!
I use Seachem Matrix. If I had a refugium, I'd use it to grow plants I want to use on future projects. Or, just go for a large volume of plants, like water sprite.
That's a great idea! It would be cool if the shrimp I add breed a lot in there too
@@Kaityscichlids I comment as I watch, so you said you're going to do this lol. Same page.
Your auto top up sensor should be in the last section of your sump, where the return pump is. This is the section were the water level will drop.
Thank you, I ended up changing it and it is better now 😊
@@Kaityscichlids Happy to help. I'm in the middle of setting up my first Mbuna tank (long time fish keeper). I really enjoy your videos and I love the way you say "here" 😄
As for what types of plants, I'm thinking, it depends what kind of fish you're going to stock plus your PH & GH. But, you know that 😉
I really didn't think about that and may have bought some leporonius that apparently eat plants 😬😩
@@Kaityscichlids Will they eat Anubias ?
@@tommybunk2292 I think they mostly eat the thin leaved plants which is a plus
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Clean your existing filters and dump the water in the new tank!
Not a bad idea!
The green mat in your sump is that MOUNTAIN TREE SPIRAL FILTER MAT?
I'm not too sure actually! I just got it from my local fish store
Seen lots of poeple using moving media might be worth a look, its like bio balls that are moved with either a pump or air.
Oh yes, I know the stuff that you mean! That would be cool to try that with an air pump
Hi the wave maker you using is what version
🙂
Is that a budgie??? 😍
She is a little Parrotlet!
I would just make a guppy grass refugium cause it would suck up a ton of nitrates
That's not a bad idea!
Ive been using bioballs for over 30 years, Bioballs don't work if you just put them into the water. they work perfectly at the water fall entrance(do not let them all sink in the water) Bioball invented by German it was a genius product cuz you don't need to clean it it will clean itself automatically
That's cool, thank you!
@@Kaityscichlids you can put bioballs into the filter sock it works perfectly for cleaning water
Have you considered moving bed filtration, using K2 bio media inside your sump?
I would like to give the K2 media a try at some point but I haven't yet because I think it needs an air stone to keep it moving around
You are correct... You will need to use an air stone, unless you choose to use a media reactor
hot tip #884
molasses will expedite the growth of the good bacteria needed in your filter!
on a microscopic level, the bacteria we are all trying to culture in our filters, requires the same simple sugars our cells do to reproduce!
basically, the molasses is already in the exact form the bacteria needs to grow as fast as possible, glucosamine.
other methods of seeding your bacteria culture need time to break down into the simple sugars for the bacteria to actually start consuming for its growth!
hence why most cycle periods are between 7-14 days.
my method has yielded results as fast as 36 hours.
i use molasses with every tank i start.
my total fish room volume is 35,000L (if i fill everything), just unloaded a 10x4x3ft tank which holds 3,280L or so, which is being set up for 2 MASSIVE paku!
i will be using the exact same method on the new 10ft tank as i have every other tank in the last 5 years, with molasses.
also kaity, what is the best way to contact you, we sign the lease this week for our new freshwater aquarium!!
Wow, that's amazing! Thank you for the awesome tip. And how exciting for you 🎉🎉🎉 If you have Instagram you can contact me on there, I'm often on there. My username is kaitys_cichlids
the more bio media the better.
Are you going to add CO2?
I was going to ask about the lighting on the sump, but you answered it.
No, only low tech for this setup. But it is cool to think how easy it would be to add CO2 into the sump
@@Kaityscichlids MJ Aquascaping (ruclips.net/user/MJAquascaping) has done a great video, scientifically testing different CO2 methods.
Fluval fx6 or Sump? Sound and clear water is important for me. I afraid of Sump.
The sump is great but if the tank didn't come plumbed with one I would always go for canister filters. Also, if you don't have anyone to show you how to set the sump up it is probably easier to go with the canister filters. If I had to do it on my own I would go with them
Nice, I want it.
I always put a LED Strip under the bottom of the cabinet to swith on and out.
I always, but it is a lot of work, put silicon in the edges of the cabinet, so water make no frustration. And better to clean.
If you switch on the light in your sump the whole day you will perhaps an armada of algae in your water. The polls flute in your big tank.
Do you know something real? I hate algaes.
LED strips would look awesome
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Excuse me little bird, it seems you stepped into a youtuber...
please don't use those ridiculous filter socks, they clog up really fast. You have enough mechanical media in their as far as sponges go. Just keep topping up with more quality bio media. You may consider getting those marine pure bricks or small blocks in near the pump, which is in the lowest flow area of the sump. Later on you could add a reactor in there as we'll.
I'm going to give them a try and see what I think. What is a reactor for?
Hellloooooo
Hellooooo! 😄
Hey katiy really nice have you ever thought about anoxic filtertion or bcb basket if you haven't go check it out dr novak it really helped with my tank ammonia naitrit and nitrate killer absolutely made my life lot easier now I can actually enjoy success in my tank fish are much healthier and grown unexpectedly just food for thought 😀 😊 ☺️
I will most definitely check it out!! I have watched a bit of his stuff. I'd be keen to give it a go at some point, it's good hearing it has worked for others 😊
It’s very expensive hoppy
hahaha was that a bird on your head? or was i just seeing things
Hahaha, nope, you would be correct! 🤣
@@Kaityscichlids 😁😁
I don't want to alarm you, but you have a bird on your head😳🤣😂🤣😂🤣
😂😂😂
Wow you are rich
No I am broke now!!
"Only $75 dollars" lolz
I really love that plant 😂
I was looking for this comment 😂
@@_Rustodian it's a really good price here in Aus (for the type of plant/size)
@@Kaityscichlids I used to work at an aquatic centre when I was around 16 and our plants were a couple of quid and a fiver for the posh ones with baskets! 😂
That must be an amazing plant... Looking forward to seeing it in your new tank 👍
Hey Katie, how’s it going? Your sump set up sounds great! As for your refusion, I think you should go on and set it up. Any plants that you buy and bring in will already be covered in beneficial bacteria. So that will help further the cycling of your tank that much more. And as for the type of plants to use, the sky is the limit as you know.🤘🏻🐠🦯
Hey Brandon!! Thank you so much 😊 You make a good point about the BB on the plants, that will help a lot! I'm excited to pack the sump full of plants and have some really big beautiful ones in the main display
You're probably the perfect girlfriend lol.