Firstly, my sump and I have had a turbulent relationship.
A "cheap tank" purchased years back 2nd hand, leaked from the day I got it! I doubled up the bottom panel with perspex, which fixed that. Some time later I pulled it away from the wall without unhooking the overflow, and left half the back panel behind! More perspex later, fixed that up. Few more leaks along the way, and now I've yet another!
I didn't partially want to have the hassle of redoing all the chambers again, but wondering if I should. For now, I've purchased a marginally bigger tank with the idea of just whole old one in it. That was the 'effing thing can leak all it wants without getting my cupboard wet!
New sump tank is around 90l (on a 450l tank)... can one 'over sump' ?
Current design (by chamber) is Filter Sock -> Coarse Foam -> Coarse Form -> Fine Foam -> Fine Foam -> Return Pump . Sometimes running floss in the top of the 2nd to last chamber.
Keep / redo / other?
A "cheap tank" purchased years back 2nd hand, leaked from the day I got it! I doubled up the bottom panel with perspex, which fixed that. Some time later I pulled it away from the wall without unhooking the overflow, and left half the back panel behind! More perspex later, fixed that up. Few more leaks along the way, and now I've yet another!
I didn't partially want to have the hassle of redoing all the chambers again, but wondering if I should. For now, I've purchased a marginally bigger tank with the idea of just whole old one in it. That was the 'effing thing can leak all it wants without getting my cupboard wet!
New sump tank is around 90l (on a 450l tank)... can one 'over sump' ?
Current design (by chamber) is Filter Sock -> Coarse Foam -> Coarse Form -> Fine Foam -> Fine Foam -> Return Pump . Sometimes running floss in the top of the 2nd to last chamber.
Keep / redo / other?