First WC with basement sump!

Scouter Steve · 02-09-2007, 12:22 PM

I just did my first water change since I moved and set up my basement sump. OMG is it great!

Still have to start a siphon to my floor drain but never have I done one so fast and easy. 25 gallon change maybe 10 minutes. I am so happy I set up my basement sump. My fish are clapping their fins as I type.

boozeman · 02-09-2007, 12:47 PM

sebastian · 02-09-2007, 12:52 PM

i have system that works without sump. Ii'm not that lucky)
i'm using 50' long hose (food grade) and attaching pump to it (rio) one end with pump to tank the other to basement sink..... when water will drop to the mark on the tank..... swith...... pump goes to can with mixed water and other end to tank.... super fast.... no splashes

blue_eyes53813 · 02-09-2007, 01:39 PM

I know how you feel , makes it much easier. I dont have a sump yet, but I have a room behind the tank with a sink and all I need for a quick water change..

Woodstock · 02-09-2007, 02:32 PM

Sounds like a dream~ I still have to use buckets to remove old water

olivert00 · 02-09-2007, 04:42 PM

Hey Sebastian,
Where in LZ are you located? I am right off of N. Old Rand Rd.
Love to have you over to see my tank.
Debbie

sebastian · 02-09-2007, 04:52 PM

i'm in "old mill grove" on hobble bush.... call me i u want to come

02-09-2007, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Scouter Steve Neon dottyback Join Date: May 2006 Location: Somers Wisconsin (Kenosha County) Posts: 620 View Gallery Karma Komment	First WC with basement sump! I just did my first water change since I moved and set up my basement sump. OMG is it great! Still have to start a siphon to my floor drain but never have I done one so fast and easy. 25 gallon change maybe 10 minutes. I am so happy I set up my basement sump. My fish are clapping their fins as I type.

02-09-2007, 12:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
sebastian Sea Pen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: lake zurich, il Posts: 316 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: First WC with basement sump! i have system that works without sump. Ii'm not that lucky) i'm using 50' long hose (food grade) and attaching pump to it (rio) one end with pump to tank the other to basement sink..... when water will drop to the mark on the tank..... swith...... pump goes to can with mixed water and other end to tank.... super fast.... no splashes __________________ Sebastian member of CMAS 125G AGA + 30G sump (home made) 500W MH + 260W PC light Wave 2K (4,000 g/h), mag-drive 12 (1,000 g/h) Euro reef skimmer Hammer corals, zoo's, green star polyps, neon green button polyps, blue acro, green staghorn, frogspan, leathers, xenias, 100's mashrooms, ricordias, fungias, green oxypora, neon green hydropora, snake polyps, brown Caribbean zoanthid (palythoa carribaeorum) regal tang, yellow tang, six line wrasse, cleaner wrasse, (2) lyretail anthias, eibli angel, ocellaris clown

02-09-2007, 01:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
blue_eyes53813 fully trained mod,,,its my fault~ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Lancaster, Wisconsin Posts: 5,852 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: First WC with basement sump! I know how you feel , makes it much easier. I dont have a sump yet, but I have a room behind the tank with a sink and all I need for a quick water change.. __________________ 265 Gallon Reef built into basement wall. Lighting = 6x250 watts MH, 2x96 watt PC ,and 2x140 watt VHO for a total watt of 1,972 watts . New addition on 4-14-07 of 100 gallon sump and 100 gallon refugium. I think I have lost my mind. Gotta love this hobby Vicki Life is like a pathway of untrodden snow. Be careful how you step in it for every mark will show Definition of FRIENDSHIP: All lives touch other lives to create something new and alive My tank chronicles. http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/...wall-reef.html

02-09-2007, 02:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 21,674 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: First WC with basement sump! Sounds like a dream~ I still have to use buckets to remove old water __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~29 gal QT/Hospital tank~* *~3 gal Pico~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MH, dual Actinic t5s,AquaController III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

02-09-2007, 04:42 PM	#6 (permalink)
olivert00 Torch coral Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: LZ IL Posts: 546 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: First WC with basement sump! Hey Sebastian, Where in LZ are you located? I am right off of N. Old Rand Rd. Love to have you over to see my tank. Debbie __________________ Love All Creatures Great And Small...(except evil crabs) D.G. *Member "Crabs Are Evil" Society*

02-09-2007, 04:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
sebastian Sea Pen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: lake zurich, il Posts: 316 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: First WC with basement sump! i'm in "old mill grove" on hobble bush.... call me i u want to come __________________ Sebastian member of CMAS 125G AGA + 30G sump (home made) 500W MH + 260W PC light Wave 2K (4,000 g/h), mag-drive 12 (1,000 g/h) Euro reef skimmer Hammer corals, zoo's, green star polyps, neon green button polyps, blue acro, green staghorn, frogspan, leathers, xenias, 100's mashrooms, ricordias, fungias, green oxypora, neon green hydropora, snake polyps, brown Caribbean zoanthid (palythoa carribaeorum) regal tang, yellow tang, six line wrasse, cleaner wrasse, (2) lyretail anthias, eibli angel, ocellaris clown

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)