Show Me Your Basement Set-ups

[Chris L]

I Just Dont Know What To Do As Far As Getting All My Equipment Set-up To Work Efficientley In My Basement. Right Now I Only Have My Sump Running But I Need To Get MY Fuge Back On Line As Well As Add A Frag Tank. Please Show Me Pictures Of Your Basement Sump/fuge/fragtank Setup.
Thanks

 

[Reef55]

You are asking for pictures of the messy place guests are forbidden from going... I think not

 

[Chris L]

come on lol help a fellow reefer out

 

[Jill & Brian]

http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12947

Here is a thread on mine. I changed drain towers since this thread, but the main idea is the same

Good Luck

 

[nunofs]

You can find pics and a description of Rebecca's impressive basement setup here: http://www.bostonreefers.org/totm/200503/

Nuno

 

[Chris L]

keep em coming please

 

[Chris L]

Bump

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

old sump set up

this is my old set up

 

[Chris L]

wow thats umm very impressive, almost scary. what is what there? whats connected to what? thanks

 

[denvig]

Did you look here?
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20037

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

i just took new pic's give me ten min. to got them up

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

osh---t lust lost all power to tanks gottogo..........................

 

[Chris L]

hope everythings ok big

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

over flow

i love having my sump in the basement !! this is what just happened 25gal. water change the hard way !! lol

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

ok back to my sump set up !!

[/IMG] this is my pm bullet 2 skimmer !! lol !!

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

this is a 65 gal far back wall half fudge half rock filter with deep sand bed and plenum that show tanks drain to from their 1/4 of the water go's to a 40 gal. breeder that has skimmer return pump and heaters in it. then 1/2 the water go's to my 125gal. on left i use it as a frag - stock tank and it can be used as a qt. tank too it drains in to the 40gal.breeder to . OK last set of tanks! a 1/4 of the water drains from the 65gal. and go's to the tanks under the 125 which are moor frag -stock - holding - qt. tanks they drain right in to the 40 gal. breeder. OK all the drains in to the 40gal. breeder it gets skimmed then gets pumped back to my show tanks by a mag 36 return pump

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

skimmer scum!!!

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

small frag rack in the 125

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

water change spot

this is two 55gal drums that my ro. go's to 1 has salt mixed up in it at all times the other fresh i can drain water from my sumps right in to the sink next to the drums and then pump water from the drums back in to the system all from right hear 100 gal water Chang takes 15 min. YOU CAN'T beet that!! NO buckets!!!!

 

[BigSmokeShowJOE]

my bullet 2 skimmer LOL !!

this is what it looks like after 1 day !