![]() ![]() There are no baffles of any kind as I have seen with a lot of the more recent sumps I have looked at. They must have used a overhang feed since it did not have any holes in the tank. They appear to be top fed and each sump has a 1-1/2 inch bulkhead outlet that went into a Tee into the motor, then into the tank. Here is a view of the sump with the 3 trays removed displaying a bio wheel underneath Here is the bottom tray with drilled holes Here is another topside with the 3 media baskets pulled out Here is a topside view of one of the two sumps. What I thought was just old junk hopefully turns out to be useful. So I went outside and grabbed one of the two 'sumps' and brought it in for investigation. I kept thinking to myself that they used this tank for saltwater to house puffer fish. I have an extra 55, 75, and 90 gallon to play with. I am proficient as drilling glass and making dividers and this shouldn't be any different. You would think a minimum of 100 gallon that hold 60 gallons of water would be needed to do the trick. They can be pretty expensive to handle a 240 gallon tank. So I was sitting here looking at some new and used sumps. These the things that was on the saltwater system and underneath the tank. Here are some cheesy pics I got before it got completely dark. Do you think those two would really be enough for this 240 gallon? I am open to other suggestions as well. So I am thinking of going with two of those Sunsun HW-304B filters. Another nice feature is they come with 9 watt UV sterilizer. It says it's rated for up to 150 gallons and is capable of handling up to 525 GPH. I have been reading around throughout the forum and have been seeing a lot of the SunSun filters and positive posts about them. Two FX6's is quite a bit of money though. Ideally, I would like to go with two Fluval FX6 or even G6 or 406's. I would still like to have the dual filter setup since I already have the holes and bulkheads for them. So it looks like I am going to be needing some new filters. They worked pretty good on the 125 setup. On the 125 they was level and the hoses ran over the top instead of on the floor going up 3 feet. The professional 2 is rated about Pump Output: 277 GPH / Filter Circulation: 198 GPH. However once that bulkhead is submerged, I would assume the pressure would also decrease the little flow remaining. This is noticed before the water reached that point as I was filling it. With both filters, the water is doing more of a trickle out of the top bulkhead rather then flow. The output of the pump to the top bulkhead is about 3 feet. The filters are on the bottom under the tank in the stand. Then a 1/2 thread to 5/8 barb to connect to the tube of the canister filters. Each bulkhead has a 1 inch PVC dropping down into a ball-valve and then a 1 inch to 1/2 reducer. It does not work well at all on the new setup. These was both used on my 125 gallon with the same fish setup. One is the class and the other is the professional 2. ![]() I drilled 4 holes and put in four 1 inch bulkheads. It's going to be housing Oscars and various other Cichlids. I am setting up a 240 gallon freshwater tank.
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