Building sump in basement!

[al&burke]

HabsFan nice job my friend - great to see it all come together

 

[habsfan]

I'm happy with it. Should work well. Now the tough part, I gotta cut a hole in the wall behind tank and a hole in the floor. Then figure out how I'm gonna run the hoses.

 

[habsfan]

Ok got back on the sump project tonight. I ended up drilling hole through bottom of tank stand,carpet,floor and into basement

I ran the return line for now. Will get back on it tomorrow night. Oh yeah and Spa Flex is expensive! Nice to work with though.

 

[al&burke]

Right on HabsFan looks like you might have it running by the weekend.

 

[habsfan]

I wish. I gotta work Saturday and then going out to dinner with family. Hopefully Sunday I can work on it.

 

[habsfan]

So I got these reactors when I bought the pumps. They came with them. I was going to tee off the return line and run these reactors. I was gonna use a ball valve to contorl flow through them. Should I use them or not? One is really small.

 

[al&burke]

Never used any of these before HabsFan but it wouldn't hurt. Maybe some chemi pure elite would work nice in there.

 

[habsfan]

I'm thinking of just running the bigger one. Was thinking phosphate remover? I'll have to research the chemi pure.

 

[al&burke]

Either or I think it will work fine

 

[habsfan]

I just read some reviews on the chemi pure elite. All excellent reviews. People love the stuff! Guess that's what I'll be using.

 

[habsfan]

I got the two drains run and built the stand for my skimmer to sit on. I'm getting there. Gotta make some water up this week so I can fill the sump. Then I can make my connections at the display tank and fire it up! Here's some pics.

 

[habsfan]

Skimmer stand.

 

[acrylic51]

Looks good.....Shouldn't be an issue running the reactor off the return pump.....They don't require tons of flow....Check out **************......They have excellent media that will more than rival Chemipure.

 

[al&burke]

HabsFan looks great - I have to laugh because you can never build a sump stand big enough without having to add another platform. My sump is so jam packed with everything I am thinking of going into the basement. I might be moving in the next year so I am kinda holding off at this point. But I really think you have done a great job with your set up thanks for sharing my friend.

 

[habsfan]

Thanks guys. Any recommendations Shawn? The skimmer is sitting where my saltwater reservoir usually is. I just put it there to set up and take pics. Just finished cleaning my skimmer in water and vinegar solution. Its ready to go!

 

[acrylic51]

Here's a good product......

Also their carbon

 

[acrylic51]

Sorry the pic is of their high capacity GFO......

 

[habsfan]

Yeah I keep seeing "GFO" but don't konw anything about it.

 

[acrylic51]

Just go to ************** and you can get the info on the product.....

 

[habsfan]

The days of hooking up the RO DI to the kitchen sink are over!! Making up some water right now to put in sump. Also Finished up the return line plumbing.