KISS large sump filter design

[Egon]

Here is my K.I.S.S. sump.

I love this! Very easy to clean the pads! How much noise does it make?

 

[DB junkie]

On a FW tank I would take a Fluval FX5 over the best designed sump any day. I just don't think you will get the same filtration.

That's a bold statement.

Almost sig worthy.

 

[kevinfleming21]

I think i have the worlds cheapest/simplest sump ever.....haha just ask Egon.

 

[leather]

Freshwater drip is from an R/O unit or do you have a way to add dechlorinator some way as well? I agree that a continuous fresh water supply is the best just not sure how to accomplish that

Sorry, I have a well. I continue to forget that not everybody else does so I don't always clarify that. My water comes out of the ground and straight into the tank. I believe, but am not sure that the city water guys use carbon filters on their tank water. RO makes the water too pure and unstable. All the good minerals go out with the bad, even with the poor rejection rate the lowes/home depot models get.

 

[leather]

That's a bold statement.

Almost sig worthy.

Ya, I have to say that I have never seen a canister that would keep up to a sump. If your water isn't clear enough you just add a finer micron sock down stream. If your bio isn't enough you just add another bag of media. The thing that makes your water the clearest is the constant water change which you can very easily have because you drill an overflow in the sump.