Hi Ben. You are definitely a very busy chap. Also very inspiring. It's great to follow your adventures. Can't wait to see your new tank up and running. 🙂
Pj aqua maintenance In your sump you can use sponges and one side marine pure ball , great for holding good bacteria per square inch. Yes costly but a great product . Can’t wait to see your finish work. You bring joy and happiness to the hobby.
Thank you Patrick. Years ago I ran a 60 gallon with 2 small canister filters and a Marineland Emperor 400 HOB. One canister had MarinePure Cermedia in it and the other had Biohome Ultimate. It was the most stable and healthiest tank I’ve ever had.
🐠 great video ben. Ive been a canister filter guy. But I definitely wanna learn and get a sump filter. Your videos always help….., always. Learning in this hobby. ✅
This brings back memories of when I set my tank up. Multiple Home Depot trips. Ben to further help with vibration, get a silicone mat to put on the bottom of the return section for the pump.
Hey Ben, good stuff. I haven’t read the comments because I’m very busy myself, but don’t use 2 pumps. Just utilize a T- Union coming from the pump. It will work fine with a very strong pump.
Man that zonatus is doing some growing. Beautiful fish! Looking forward to seeing those guys in the 300. Btw. Thank you for the stickers. The coffee and cichlids and garage gang stickers are already on tanks!
Had to catch the replay. Love Mr. Mustard. A much better choice to use a 40 for the sump. Just thoughts from many years of gluing pvc joints. Slow down and make each joint ONE AT A TIME and you will have perfect leakproof joints at the end of the job. I have learned this one the hard way. Great video, we love seeing your progress as though we were there. Thank you.
True. It's easy to get anxious and rush it, but it comes back to bite you later. I will cut, deburr, glue and insert each joint fully with a quarter turn and hold for 30 seconds, etc and make sure each joint is rock solid. I will also be providing some clamp support for each pipe, reducing the strain on the joints from weight. Yes, I'm watching a lot of UA-cam videos on sump plumbing and have ever realized areas where I could have done a better job with the plumbing of the 210. "Always be Learning!" Thanks!
40 gallon sump is rather small. Make sure it doesn't overflow when the pump is turned off.- especially power outages. Unions are a wonderful way to disassemble, clean, replace, etc.
Looks great Ben. With a sump only I wonder if you will need to vacuum more. Seems detritus would be hard to be collected high. Looking forward to seeing it up and running.
Ben, are you going to do a Lethrinops tank again? It would be fun seeing a Discus tank from scratch too. That new 60 acryllic could work well for that ;)
Lethrinops really rock. Somehow that Lethrinops Oculatus in the 210 is holding his own. I didn't think I would keep one with such big aggressive Haps. I'd love a gold or red cap, like the one I had in L.A. Another fish that I'm getting interested in are the Apisto's. Tremendous variety and color and they are not aggressive and work well with plants. A little small, but quite beautiful.
You have your work cut out that's for sure. Nice progress. My wife called it on your last video. She said he's not gonna use that acyrlic for a sump watch 😂😂😂
Smart gal 🤣. The main reason was having to cut open up the side to get it in. Didn’t want to cut that stand. Has it marked and the saw ready. Then I started thinking about what a nice apisto’s or planted Community that tank could be.
You should grow heavy vegetation underneath with grow lights and dose ferts up to you if you went with the 60 maybe freshwater refugium. Could do with 40 as well. You can use Rhizome plant so no substrate would be needed much cleaner. Light ferts or no ferts up to you skies the limit.
@BenOchart - as I look over your nice plumbing work I have a question. With an overflow/sump/pump return, how often does it require a thorough cleaning?
Depends on your bioload and water turnover, but roughly once a year I take it apart. Truth is that those matten sponges are best left alone since they are a great home for BB. I only rinse them when I see the water level higher on one side, indicating that the sponges are clogging. But that can take a very long time to come about. All that being said, I swap out the filter socks twice a week and they are the "pre-filters" of the sump and do the heavy lifting when it comes to trapping detritus.
True. My viewpoint is “Will it do the job” My 210 has a 29 gal DIY sump with a Fluval FX-6 helping out with polishing. It’s working perfectly 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤣👍🏻
Or transfer your beautiful cichlids to the 300 and add a few more beauty’s. and the 225 ? Can’t remember the size put your South American and add more different geophgus fish. They are more beautiful species out there.
I have had a check valve fail in the past, so I have my returns just below the water level. My tank level only drops about 3/8 of an inch when the pumps are switched off. Drilling the holes for the overflow box was one of the most nerve wracking things I have ever done!
I went over the top instead of drilling the returns, which allowed me to have 1 inch black poly pipe pointing diagonally downwards. This moves the detritus off the substrate without needing a large amount of flow as my South Americans don't appreciate too much current.
Should you be in need of any special valves or fittings, I have access to just about anything special you can’t get at Home Depot. I’ll gladly donate to help the channel.
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GREAT VIDEO, I have felt a lack of new good fish related videos, then another Great one from you pops up. :)
Hi Ben. You are definitely a very busy chap.
Also very inspiring. It's great to follow your adventures. Can't wait to see your new tank up and running. 🙂
Thank you
Awesome update, I been followed you for some time. Can't wait to see the completion of the tank.
Your tanks and fishes are all stunning Ben
Thank you
All looking really good Mr Ochart ! Really glad to see your OB still with you and playing nicely 😊
He’s behaving, fingers crossed!
I hoop all going well greetings from Belgium
Your hands are real full and your Tanks look great Ben!! Your recent stream was cool!!
Thank you
Pj aqua maintenance
In your sump you can use sponges and one side marine pure ball , great for holding good bacteria per square inch.
Yes costly but a great product .
Can’t wait to see your finish work. You bring joy and happiness to the hobby.
Thank you Patrick.
Years ago I ran a 60 gallon with 2 small canister filters and a Marineland Emperor 400 HOB. One canister had MarinePure Cermedia in it and the other had Biohome Ultimate. It was the most stable and healthiest tank I’ve ever had.
🐠 great video ben. Ive been a canister filter guy. But I definitely wanna learn and get a sump filter. Your videos always help….., always. Learning in this hobby. ✅
👍😎 Looks great, I wouldn’t want to cut the stand either. I’d use 2 - 40’s first. Jealous, could use all those totes right about now.
Half of those totes are full of my daughter and son in law’s stuff. Another project🤣
Great vid ben
Thank you
This brings back memories of when I set my tank up. Multiple Home Depot trips. Ben to further help with vibration, get a silicone mat to put on the bottom of the return section for the pump.
Good tip, thanks buddy!
Hey Ben, good stuff. I haven’t read the comments because I’m very busy myself, but don’t use 2 pumps. Just utilize a T- Union coming from the pump. It will work fine with a very strong pump.
I believe that it would work but I keep hearing from reefer sites the many advantages of having "two hearts" (two pumps) in case one fails.
Can't wait to see the 300 up and running always an exiting time good stuff Ben 👍👍
Man that zonatus is doing some growing. Beautiful fish! Looking forward to seeing those guys in the 300.
Btw.
Thank you for the stickers. The coffee and cichlids and garage gang stickers are already on tanks!
Can't wait to see it worked on periodically!
Had to catch the replay. Love Mr. Mustard. A much better choice to use a 40 for the sump. Just thoughts from many years of gluing pvc joints. Slow down and make each joint ONE AT A TIME and you will have perfect leakproof joints at the end of the job. I have learned this one the hard way. Great video, we love seeing your progress as though we were there. Thank you.
True. It's easy to get anxious and rush it, but it comes back to bite you later. I will cut, deburr, glue and insert each joint fully with a quarter turn and hold for 30 seconds, etc and make sure each joint is rock solid. I will also be providing some clamp support for each pipe, reducing the strain on the joints from weight. Yes, I'm watching a lot of UA-cam videos on sump plumbing and have ever realized areas where I could have done a better job with the plumbing of the 210. "Always be Learning!" Thanks!
Look into adding a Biocenisis Basket to the sump. Good for filtration. All the tanks look great!
Looking good. Keep us posted. 🐠 🐟
40 gallon sump is rather small. Make sure it doesn't overflow when the pump is turned off.- especially power outages. Unions are a wonderful way to disassemble, clean, replace, etc.
Some of “the bounty”….. so true! 😂😂 I came home with some 1x4’s and a Skill Saw yesterday. My husband was like “What are you doing now”? 🤣🤣🤣
Who would guess that HD would be such a friend to fish keepers 🤷🏼♂️🤣
Looks great Ben. With a sump only I wonder if you will need to vacuum more. Seems detritus would be hard to be collected high. Looking forward to seeing it up and running.
I might add a canister for polishing
Ben, are you going to do a Lethrinops tank again? It would be fun seeing a Discus tank from scratch too. That new 60 acryllic could work well for that ;)
Lethrinops really rock. Somehow that Lethrinops Oculatus in the 210 is holding his own. I didn't think I would keep one with such big aggressive Haps. I'd love a gold or red cap, like the one I had in L.A. Another fish that I'm getting interested in are the Apisto's. Tremendous variety and color and they are not aggressive and work well with plants. A little small, but quite beautiful.
You have your work cut out that's for sure. Nice progress. My wife called it on your last video. She said he's not gonna use that acyrlic for a sump watch 😂😂😂
Smart gal 🤣. The main reason was having to cut open up the side to get it in. Didn’t want to cut that stand. Has it marked and the saw ready. Then I started thinking about what a nice apisto’s or planted Community that tank could be.
@@BenOchart Good choice 👌
You can use one return pump and use a t junction for your pump to connect to both returns. I do this with my Sicce on my 300 gallon tank
I thought about that but I like the idea of a back up pump in case one fails.
@@BenOchart fair enough. What brand of pump do you think you’ll go with?
You should grow heavy vegetation underneath with grow lights and dose ferts up to you if you went with the 60 maybe freshwater refugium. Could do with 40 as well. You can use Rhizome plant so no substrate would be needed much cleaner. Light ferts or no ferts up to you skies the limit.
GREAT VIDEO
Thanks for the information
Did you build the stand?
Peace ✌️
Also, how do you plan to "cylce" this aquarium? Live bacteria and seeded media?
The stand was provided by the same company, GlassCages, that built the tank. I will use seeded media and perhaps throw in some Fritz Zyme 7.
@@BenOchart It's looking great. I enjoy your planning process. I will look oit for updates. I liked and subscribed
@BenOchart - as I look over your nice plumbing work I have a question. With an overflow/sump/pump return, how often does it require a thorough cleaning?
Depends on your bioload and water turnover, but roughly once a year I take it apart. Truth is that those matten sponges are best left alone since they are a great home for BB. I only rinse them when I see the water level higher on one side, indicating that the sponges are clogging. But that can take a very long time to come about.
All that being said, I swap out the filter socks twice a week and they are the "pre-filters" of the sump and do the heavy lifting when it comes to trapping detritus.
how u doing?!Ben.ince .see you on my side~🤘
Good call on the 60. I would hate to cut a hole and acrylic are too nice for a sump
Might end up as an apisto tank, we'll see.
@@BenOchart where r u on the discus tank. Is that still going to be the 90
No one said “my sump is too big “ but lots have said 40 gallon is too small.
I have a 220 gallon with 80 gallon sump. I wish I had bought bigger
True. My viewpoint is “Will it do the job” My 210 has a 29 gal DIY sump with a Fluval FX-6 helping out with polishing. It’s working perfectly 🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤷🏼♂️🤣👍🏻
Pj Aqua maintenance,300 gallon how about some a nice group of Black widow frontosa , some juliochromis .
Love the look of those Fronts but not really on the list at this point.
Or transfer your beautiful cichlids to the 300 and add a few more beauty’s. and the 225 ? Can’t remember the size put your South American and add more different geophgus fish. They are more beautiful species out there.
I have had a check valve fail in the past, so I have my returns just below the water level. My tank level only drops about 3/8 of an inch when the pumps are switched off. Drilling the holes for the overflow box was one of the most nerve wracking things I have ever done!
Loc lines outputting right at the surface will also minimize the amount of water that can back siphon into the sump.
I went over the top instead of drilling the returns, which allowed me to have 1 inch black poly pipe pointing diagonally downwards. This moves the detritus off the substrate without needing a large amount of flow as my South Americans don't appreciate too much current.
Tried his sponge filter on the intake idea. Clogged way too often not a good idea IMO.
Might have been using too fine a sponge. I use medium and coarse sponge pre-filters and they work great.
Are you going to use a plenum?
No, just a deep substrate
Not to throw cold water 😀 on your project but I don't think 1" pvc returns are going to be big enough.
Drilled that way per Synergy / GlassCages specs. We’ll see soon enough.
Should you be in need of any special valves or fittings, I have access to just about anything special you can’t get at Home Depot. I’ll gladly donate to help the channel.
Very nice of you, thank you.
Hi Ben…are going to do the sump the same way as the 210…socks and such..or maybe a bit different with a drip tray or plants..??👍
Similar set up but plants are being considered
Set the pole up and then I'll be throwing the $100 bills 😄
🤣🤣🤣