Baffleless Sump Idea

[invincible569]

I really love this sump idea. Notice there are no baffles. All water gets filtered through the first cube compartment which then has a foam over the overflow tube. The water then drains down to the bottom compartment which gets cleaned out again and then sucked out by the return pump.

http://www.marinesnow.com/set.htm

[moonpod]

Interesting.

[invincible569]

The only thing I dont like is the idea of the tube at the bottom and not being able to get to it for maintenance. What if you had a lot of "junk" down there and needed to clean out the holes from the PVC? The only way is to remove the entire SUMP and wash it out.

[majesticangelfish]

Looks like an easy DIY, i like it. Thanks Edward

[keigo]

another thing I dont like is the use of sand.. it make the whole sump messy...

[invincible569]

another thing I dont like is the use of sand.. it make the whole sump messy...

Oh thats not sand.. Im not sure what they are called.. but people use them for Fish Only tanks.

[keigo]

Oh thats not sand.. Im not sure what they are called.. but people use them for Fish Only tanks.

O ok.. but i think it still have the same side effect of sand.... with all the dirty trap below or inside the "sand"

[invincible569]

O ok.. but i think it still have the same side effect of sand.... with all the dirty trap below or inside the "sand"

I think a good way around this is to have a seperate hole for a pump to blow all the detritus out.. and especially with a drain valve?

[keigo]

I think a good way around this is to have a seperate hole for a pump to blow all the detritus out.. and especially with a drain valve?

I was thinking why instead of making it at the bottom and not put it as those normal left or right side standing...

so u got nothing blocking anything..