lets see those remote sumps....

Yeah! Let's see 'em! I'm still in the design phase. Currently, mine consists of an undrilled 75 gallon tank, several pieces of plate glass that I'll be using for baffles, some tubes of silicone and various plumbing parts. I am planning on drilling my sump on each end. One end for the skimmer and the other I'm still waiting on my return pump to come in...should be in sometime this week.

--AJ

 

Basement Sump
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1593343&highlight=remote+sump+pics

More Rubbermaid sumps
I like Rubbermaid sumps - used to run one
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...t=basement sump pics&pagenumber=2

 

Depends on the design and I'll find some pics of setups that have multiple tanks for the remote filtration.
With the sheer volume of water in a Rubbermaid and the inherent depth, I don't see many people that have a need for a bubble trap.
For instance, I'm running a similar setup as I had before and have an issue with bubbles now that I didn't then.
My current sump is a combo sump/fuge and my drain has no option but to go directly throught the fuge and on to the return, with my skimmer sitting in the drain portion of the sump.  With 420gph going directly though the setup, I have to minimize any bubbles manually, i.e. baffles, foam, etc.
With a 100g Rubbermaid stock tank, the outlet for the skimmer, reactors, etc. could be several feet from the return pump and typically at a different elevation (stock tanks are a couple feet deep - too deep to set a skimmer on the bottom) so bubbles naturally rise and as they are created above where the return pump sits there isn't a need for a bubble trap.
I split my return running a portion through a fuge and into the sump, fuge gravity fed the sump.
Make sense?
-Eric

 

Here is mine.   It is plumed throw the wall, to the bedroom behind my tank.

 

When I was in the planning stages for a 180g Oceanic RR that I owned, I was going to use a multiple stage filtration system, can't now but here's the jist:
Drain from the tank was going to split two directions, larger volume was going into the Rubbermaid where I'd have 50-100 lbs of rock, heaters, skimmer and return pump.
Smaller volume was going first to a 5g bucket/DSB, then to another 5g bucket w/bioballs, finally into a 30g fuge before being gravity fed into the sump for return.  I was planning on running about 1,200 gph return which would have been too much flow for the secondary filtration, hence the split.
-Eric

 

Here - this guy has some stuff going on in the basement:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/s...id=1097194

 

I thought I remember reading that someone was selling one of them not that long ago...but I can't remember who. I think they are around $75 to $100 new. Check the older listings in the buy/sell forum.

--AJ

 

It was Annamarie selling the stock tub.

 

I think I picked up my 100g for around $70 new.

They don't show up often used so I went with a new one from a supply store - actually Pauls Discount in IC.

-Eric

 

menards sells the stock tanks not sure how much but not too expensive I bought a 75gal and a 100 gal from them

matt

 

Many reefers prefer the Rubbermaid brand stock tank as it's thick, durable and comes with a bulkhead in the bottom...I've never noticed the Rubbermaid brand @ Menards in Iowa City.

Regarding the bulkhead, most people will either replace it or seal it (I siliconed mine) as they are prone to leak over time and it's certainly easier to do when it's empty
-Eric

 

Speaking of bulkheads, Theisens has a good selection of them, mainly geared toward farm type applications. They are really heavy duty and a little expensive, but not bad. I got a 2" bulkhead for $12. They did not seem to have much in the smaller sizes. Our Menards does not stock bulkheads.

--AJ

 

yes the bulkheads in the rubbermade tubs suck i had to replace mine if your in the desmoines area a good place to buy bulkheads and vertical tanks for water changes is sprayer specialties in grimes