DIY Aquarium Sump Filter

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‎ DIY Aquarium Sump Filter for the 800 gallon aquarium. It was a fun project and I am pleased with the results and water clarity it has given the tank.
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0:00 - What we're building today
0:50 - How the sump works
8:24 - Cutting an aquarium
21:05 - Building a sump
#Aquariumsump #Aquariumfilter #AquariumDIY

[@AquariumCoop]

*Joel's Channel:* kzbin.info *Bio Rings Link:* www.aquariumcoop.com/collections/filter-media/products/bio-rings *Matala Mat Link:* amzn.to/2ruILdX

[@backwheelbandits280]

Aquarium Co-Op I had a dojo loach in me tank me bro shut he's down and gave me he's fish the dojo was one of 'em he was nearly 6inches and really thick he dugg up all the gravel and didn't stop swimming and he waste was spider web I didn't like that so I got rid of it have 'em a small tank so he could keep him he loves it I couldn't flush it

[@backwheelbandits280]

Aquarium Co-Op will yr do a video on white fish poop what causes it and cheapest way treat it plz my fish keep darting around and acting wierd I need help and I made a video to upload but I am not good on camera

[@frederikdietrich8589]

How often does it happen that the loaches get into the sump? Like at 7:45 ? Or is that little guy in there on purpose?

[@joelee6155]

Why do my kissing fish Chase my other fishing fish in the corner all the time .

[@TableTopBiker]

Could you give us an update?

[@boxmatthewj]

I have a suggestion for your sponge filters. Have a progression where you constantly slide them left to right with the newest cleanest filter going in on the left. Take the oldest dirtiest out on the right. I like you're setup and will do something similar with the addition of protein skimmer and denitrification as you suggested

[@oma.arre.140]

This sump is on point. Clean looking and obviously does its job. No crazy setup or nonsense. By far the best and most efficient that I have seen in a long time.

[@AquariumCoop]

Thanks, we built it to show the process, instead of having one built by the sump manufacturer we visited ;) we wanted to document how to make it and it was great for me to learn the finer tips of making one as well as the ones I had made in my past were much more crude.

[@TazawaTanks]

I love the sump design. I want to make one using this method. Thanks for sharing!

[@petecipriano2212]

have you thought about just pushing the filter pads forward and just replacing the 1st pad to the back? love this sump !!!!!

[@joserojo1129]

I had the same idea. Slide them to the front. Cleaned Pad gets cleaned goes to the back of the line method.

[@animaisemuitomais8200]

I also really would like to see a video with the sump nowadays

[@anthonyragan2696]

This is the kind of video I tune in for: practical projects and how-tos. More, please. :)

[@ggpaquatics4373]

Cory that camera is amazing! The details on the barbs, and the fact it can pick up floating particles in the water is amazing! Mind boggling! I love it!

[@dorkula]

Excellent job Cory and Joel. Loving the use of the old school time lapse music and DIY how-to's. ♥️

[@biggulpsaquarium3954]

Sump design is awesome, would love to recreate this for my large grow out tank, the vertical matt is a great idea!! Work smart not hard, love it! Thanks guys.

[@jerichojoe307]

I know this is 4 years too late. But I watched this video back then and I remembered it when I just built my wife her new sump for the 125 I bought her for her anniversary. That mind you mine is just an aqueon 55 gallon tank that I used for a sump; but I used this vertical filter pad design that you did here. Instead of static ceramic in the middle like you have; I added a top rim overhang to give a Cascade effect into the center chamber so that I could have more of a waterfall effect to help mix for k1 media. Where the water Cascades in the flow cycles the media down toward the bottom and on the opposing side I have an air stone cycling everything back up so it makes a continuous cycle. There's a curved piece of number 5 plastic mesh to keep the k1 from going out the bubble trap. Then there is a small gap for me to add any chemical media that I may want, and two pieces of the eight layer honeycomb polishing pads sandwiched between two pieces of egg crate to keep them rigid; they're also mounted vertically in front of the pump so that the water is polished from any of the Dead bacteria cells from the k1 chamber that may filter through as bacteria dies and gets knocked off. On my output I have a 1 inch to half inch t that splits my water flow between the tank and a 360 gallon per hour UV sterilizer 25 watts. There is an adjustment valve to control how much water flow goes through the UV which is then outputted back to the sump.my water has been so clear since this new sump build that it literally looks like my fish are swimming in air. That vertical design has another benefit that I believe some people may have overlooked when watching this. Typically when you have a horizontal setup the surface area is much smaller as the chambers are typically not more than 8 in wide and this also makes for a pain in the ass when it comes to cleaning because you have to pull out subsequent layers to get to other layers for cleaning. This vertical design gives you the full width of the tank and the full height of your chamber doubling tripling or even quadrupling the surface area enabling you to have more water flow, fewer cleaning cycles, easier to pull out individual pads so that you maintain your biological load without having to pull them all out at once to get to the others and without clouding up your tank while doing so, and a higher bacterial load because of how much more media you can pack in that same 8 in. I wish that KZbin allowed pictures to be sent in a response so that I could show you what I've done with your vertical design and implementing some of my own designs. The cichlids have been thriving and honestly this has even made it so that I have fewer water changes because I have such a large magnitude of biological activity in the sump with the added surface area but I can honestly say that I have not done a water change in over 3 months and my water parameters are still perfect. The only pad that I have had to clean in that time was the primary pad which is 20 PPI poret foam. I have four pads in succession each separated by a layer of egg crate to produce directional flow. 20 PPI, 30 ppi, 40 ppi, and 50 PPI.

[@mrsantana9094]

Simple setup he says, looks like an engineering project.

[@DP52001]

I hope the analytics show that this is a hit...one of the few 27 minute videos I've ever watched...loved it all!

[@TA-op3vn]

Hi, Can you give us an update on vertical filter pads sump. Do you still use it or changed it for something else ? Thank you

[@drakekay6577]

3:17, When you pull a filter pad/scrub pad... Push the others forward, and insert your new filter pad/scrub pad last. That way you are constantly rotating them toward the front of the flow.

[@patrickboggs1548]

Best aquarium co op video ive seen yet. Alot of good ones

[@LittleLargeMouth]

Vertical filter pad system! I love it!

[@Mattb843]

If I had a nice sump like that, there's no way I'd cover it up. Love the look of a sump

[@CJBlack265]

Nice DIY video - I appreciate that you used common tools - love that you're using UGF- Thanks Corey and Joel 💕👍

[@kurtisstutzman7056]

I really liked the Quinton Tarrentino/ Pulp Fiction style editing..."how it works/ finished product" in between y'alls intro and the construction...! Thanks Cory and gang for your awesomeness...! Y'all better keep it up...!

[@mr702s]

Former union carpenter with a serious safety tip, never ever ever use radial spinning saws (table saw, circular saw, chop saw, etc) with gloves on! It is a sure-fire way to lose fingers or a hand if you even get nicked. Without a glove, you get cut but your whole hand or finger doesn't get pulled in by a glove getting grabbed by the spinning blade. Wasn't a big deal with the circular saw with the acrylic solid blade... but the table saw at the end of the video was a really bad idea with gloves.

[@CorvusOscen]

*Oh hey guy! I remember helping with this lol!*

[@latinoking6041]

Corvus Oscen oh man I thought that was your handsome twin :p

[@ryguy_8554]

What kind of acrylic blade do you use? Good work!

[@backwheelbandits280]

Corvus Oscen found you couple days ago Havnt stopped watcving yr stuff love it pal ...

[@oma.arre.140]

Corvus Oscen The vertical mat setup is awesome. I have yet to see this sytem on youtube anywhere. My guess is that this sump will be used in time to come.

[@FreeSwimmer]

Did you help, or actually do all the work ?! Hmmmm

[@TheVolOpt]

Watching that really makes me want to finish setting up a sump. Sadly been hitting some issues sourcing materials but definitely going to look into the Matala filters.

[@augoldfinger]

Great idea for a sump. I have been waiting for this video since the last mention of it

[@ryanmorris2479]

Herbie Drain... Learned something new today, Thanks!

[@KGcichlids]

Now that’s an efficient sump 👍

[@KPAquariums]

love that sump build. really nice

[@ramonbrown7119]

Love the sump bro a good built for a beast tank

[@prolificbreedaquatics]

Nice attention to detail with the edges Corvus

[@completetech9915]

Great video as always. I hope I can have a pet store like you one day.

[@RanaLoca]

That sump is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen

[@ONEFUNFONE]

I'm surprised no beans overflow for a tank that large, but two is always better then one. I love tinkering with sumps- I've been building my own for about twenty years now, love this set up you guys have going on here. Super silent just like mine.

[@edwardsdeacon]

This is a very informative and inspirational video.

[@shesellsfish]

Awesome watching this come together.

[@cichlidbro8566]

great colab vid, buys! Off topic.. love the "adult film style" backbeats when Corvus was cuttin' the acrylic.

[@HeatherNielsenScarletAquatics]

Put a sump on it! This is great, thank you!

[@saltyfresh9712]

Omg I LOVE this sump!

[@LightspeedTutorials]

Cory is the freshwater GOAT

[@DizzzyKipper]

I really wanted to see the pluming being done and what was used.

[@223Boris]

How is the vertical matala mats working, We would like to see a video how is that doing. About the pads change, do that worked out? Like you were hoping like replacing pads every 2 weeks, month, 6 weeks, 8 weeks...?

[@jonathansimon498]

2:50 That is so brilliant! I wanna try that!

[@cocojimen4784]

Beautiful project Wow

[@xmenfile]

❤❤❤❤Acrylic, sump and external overflow with herbie style all the way. Once turn to sump there no turning back. Most of my tanks have sump except hospital and small tanks. I always have sump big enough to hold water when pump off. 🏅🏅🏅🏅Joe is doing great to cut used tank. I'll try to cut it next time. Great video and contents. I always enjoy to watch your videos. You guys doing great. Thank you for your time.

[@RealTuckered]

You guys are great, thanks for sharing!

[@wyzemann]

Corvus+Corey= DYNAMIC DUO!

[@MARKluvsAZcards]

One of my favorite episodes

[@Xn7000]

I totally forgot I was waiting for this video to come out. This was a good one to sit on for your Germany trip.

[@AquariumCoop]

We weren't really sitting on it, just busy to film the last part :P

[@justinrvarga7236]

I love the vertical layered filter sponge pads. Has me thinking. I will somehow incorporate it before or after my polyfilter.

[@rickrodriguez6675]

Very informative video thanks guys.

[@jefferymartin166]

Really enjoyed this vid.

[@santoroaquatics5038]

I love watching your videos and I like all the fish tip you have keep it up man you taught me a lot So far 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@daniellet6098]

Did anyone else see the clown loach in the sump?

[@rodrigotorrez]

Danielle T I did

[@backwheelbandits280]

I had one and it use get stuck in the pump nossle Wen I turn off the big pump and put the small one on

[@reversiblefate1074]

7:48 yep it’s there

[@an-insane-llama]

He said I'm the beginning that the loach got in there when he was calibrating or something along those lines

[@stanleyshostak2737]

That is a great concept. You have me sold on under gravel filters. I love how you incorporated them into the sump. When you change the filter floss won’t it stick to the blue or black mats, like Velcro? I am wondering how easy it is going to be to slide one section in and out or are you going to have to slide the whole stack out and change what you want then slide the whole stack back in?

[@geterdunn2733]

Very cool video Cory and "Joel The Weirdo". Joel has some mad skills with that saw.

[@fisharefriends598]

I could house my entire fish collection in the sump

[@m72e592863]

Nice build.

[@gaylepuou7214]

Beautiful!

[@kaeliecaulfield7798]

Love this video!!! So informative!!

[@erick6102]

Thanks for sharing the video on this.

[@FreeSwimmer]

cool to see ! I like the way this is designed.. I just built a 210g DIY sump with some neat features, for the 1000g dt I'm building. I was thinking about a cubic foot of Lava rock along with 10 bags of bio rings, 3 gallons of bio-balls, and many pot scrubbies in each of 2 trickle tower.I have a 3ft x 2ft x 2ft chamber in center of sump that will have 2 - 1800gph magdrive return pumps. I'm also running 2" drains..

[@bxkid7]

the filter pads arrangement makes lot of Sense for easy maintenance

[@deshizle]

Question: How did you setup the float valve and the connecting pump for when the water overfills the sump? I'm getting ready to transition into a bigger tank and wanted a setup where if water starts to overfill in the sump I have in place a mechanism to siphon the extra water.

[@TerraMagnus]

This is awesome. If I were to improve on this, I'd probably be borrowing from what we do on reef sumps... return pump goes through a manifold, and water can be distributed to a number of different places. Most back to the tank. Some through a UV sterilizer. Maybe some through a carbon reactor. With a tank of this size it might be really cool to return some of the water through a hydroponic system, and use hyacinth or something to really polish the water up. These adjunct systems would just return back to the sump.

[@MARKluvsAZcards]

Always a favorite. Love projects. Corvus where you be at?

[@kbozzie5951]

Vertical pads! Brilliant!!!

[@Micegift]

Great video! 😎 Although this is my fault entirely but I didn’t read the title description properly and thought you had done a collaboration with the King Of DIY Joey. 🤗

[@canisteovalleydave]

10 months later I find this video...good job!

[@jaymzmeh4595]

That is a kick-ass sump sir👍✌️

[@saifal-badri]

amazing stuff!!

[@couycrane379]

I've noticed something with fish hobbyists, myself included. They tend to ramble on and just keep explaining and explaining going into as much detail as possible, trying to make sure others understand the complexity of fish keeping that many others don't understand.

[@NiX_aKi]

Cool set up. Love it ❤️

[@cysaquariums6225]

Looking good!

[@Buboes1]

Tempt fate or Attempt feat. Haha nice video Cory thanks

[@ncrvr666]

Congratulations!

[@BbBoY161]

Can you show us more on the gravel filters? Love your videos.

[@AQUAPROS]

jiggggg some stuff upp! 😋

[@CorvusOscen]

AQUAPROS Well, y'know.

[@just4fun-family145]

Very cool, I wonder if when you were cutting the tank if you positioned some 2 x 4’s on the inside where the cut is to stabilize it. The blade would cut right through the two by fours allowing it to make a straight cut without the acrylic bending.

[@fishroombum3771]

Another awesome video! Thanks for sharing. Definitely going to incorporate some of this innovation in my filtration. What type of sand is in your tank? Just curious this being a serious filtration endeavor.

[@julesthewalker]

Love the content!!!

[@reeferstatus2781]

Awesome video and sump I’m really loving the design one question: did you look into using marine pure media for biological filtration instead of all of those bags of rings just wondering they make a 8x8x4 inch block you might like it.

[@StephenOlner]

Great video. Only issue with using your Wood Guide for your Skillsaw is that you need to make sure the wood guide is not warped because the moisture has been evaporating from it. Pine / White wood is notorious for warping in all directions. make sure that you place it against a straight edge first other wise you wont get a straight cut.

[@akin1158]

Nice filterr

[@parachuteaquatics7233]

Very cool Cory

[@willemschipper7680]

Hi Cory. If you can i would love a summarized video on fresh water puffers and what you would recommend for the novice to the professional. Also what tank mates you would recommend for them. I know you have a long video that you did in one of your talks but a summary would be awesome. Enjoy the week

[@BarrickMacready]

Incredible

[@michaelhawk1826]

Cool stuff

[@danielclarke8487]

Do you have a design/vid of the ibc sump?

[@OriginalMindTrick]

The only thing I would do differently is increasing the size of the outflow tubing so you strangle the flow as little as possible. You put an adapter between the pump tubing to make them fit. I would also build a DIY outflow pipe, think classic eheim horizontal spray bar but much bigger and with more holes.

[@vonnishee8787]

move the filter pads from left to right as you change out the saturated one on the right.placing the clean one at the left.

[@catfishcave379]

That was great to watch. I'm all set to go into my workshop, take an axe to my 180, and sta- -um...maybe I better watch it again.

[@tirlokiprasad5800]

Catfish Caves

[@awesomeguy3982]

Catfish Cave nn

[@jondan1373]

Hi guys what pump do you recommend, I have a 40L sump. How do I make sure it doesnt overflow??

[@tylerrasmussen2362]

I have a question, when removing the filter floss doesn’t a it stick to the more course foam a bunch?

[@arbecas8707]

Is there an update video on the sump? Was everything like you expected, did you change anything, etc.

[@bert5111]

Do i need to use a float valve for the auto water change? or can i also make a hole in my sump at the top.

[@pedrosantos6472]

Thanx for the links ,I’m using them in mine , they claim they are good for both bateria aerobic ,anaerobic . And I have that Walmart poly fill stuff for the mechanical filtration. Hope it works.

[@K2Kevin]

Nice work. You think a separator with a gap at the bottom in the bio ring chamber would help flow through the rings?

[@v3ndril]

can you do a follow up on the progress of the sump, did the the vertical filters need replacing as you originally thought every two weeks? What would you change if doing another one? Cheers

[@conky8372]

Awesum sump!

[@Aquamoo]

can you share the link to where you got the metallamat and bio rings from?

[@codejunkie1645]

How did the filter pad setup end up working out for you?