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Emergency Good, Cheap Sump Needed

Bah.... Well after shopping around all day and deciding that I did not really want to build a Refugium I decided to continue and get rid of the Eheim 2017 that I purchased and then reinstall the sump that i got with the system.

I decided to go with the advice of so many of you and remove the BIO-Balls and ceramic media. Instead I opted to simply use a 100micron polishing cloth with a bag of activated carbon sittin on top of it. For carbon filtration. I also put about 15 pounds of live rock into the sump as well. All was going well until I noticed that some water was around the base of the Sump that I had not put there. I assumed it was from me moving around down there installing heaters and stuff.

As it turns out the JOINT near the siphon from the tank seems to be a little weak and is dripping from the outside causing me problems. If that isnt bad enough I'm suspecting that the bottom of the sum is ALSO leaking though i have not been able to prove it yet. Tonight it will stay as is in the turkey pan but tomorrow I'm gonna look into getting another sump from my LFS. They have used setups there for about 99 bucks I'f I'm not mistaken.

The Pics tell the tale. I'm hoping to have the system up and running before my Lights get here monday.


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does anyone know which LFS in the area that is selling used or new Sump's?????

I think I will have to use some plumbers tape to seal up that joint where it connects to the sump. Hopefully it will save me a few bucks. the LFS I know has some nicer larger sumps for about 75-100 bucks. If all else fails then I will have to check them out and see if it can't pick one up. First stop this morning is homedepot for some plumberstape and then the LFS for another sump if that dosen't work.
 
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