Building A 10G Sump System (Sump Testing)

After assembling your sump, it's always important to test your sump to ensure you don't have any leaks between chambers. So how did I do on my first silicone job? Check the video to find out!
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[@joeldeeplall5192]

Great success 😂👍🍻

[@rommeldude1]

The water should rise from the bottom! This build will just cause stagnation of the water

[@TheFishTankGuy]

I agree. I should have comment cards that pop up during the video stating I'd do it differently. The water in that first chamber does become stagnant :/

[@thorbradshaw2637]

@@TheFishTankGuy is there a better vid of what you would do now?

[@TheFishTankGuy]

@@thorbradshaw2637 yes sir. Look on my channel for the 20g sump. That's a simpler and better design!

[@richardbunt2278]

I don't belive in these subbs. It cost more electrics. More watter more maintaning. A inside canister is the best. Propper

[@laikawuff]

@@richardbunt2278 you lose the expandability and customizability with that.

[@willparsons32]

If your plans are to build a sump. Make it at least 2x larger than the water volume of the aquarium it's intended for. The longer it takes to re-cycle the aquarium's water, the better success you'll have keeping aquarium inhabitants. Remember, bigger is better!

[@TheFishTankGuy]

I agree! My 10g sump build was not the greatest design...my 20g sump is a better design and simpler as well. I've never had the real estate to have a big sump, but I recommend to my viewers that any sump is better than nothing!

[@borisbuliak3626]

Am pumped for you, guess will have to watch the rest now. Clean water and healthy fish!

[@mehmetkarayel]

I'm sorry but room configuration completely incorrect. For the operation of the current system, the first glass should be above.

[@WilliamSmith-dg5re]

The water needs to go under the last baffle not over it. This will only create more bubbles going into the return pump. If the water goes down and under the baffle to the return pump the bubbles will go up in the chamber before and the water then free of bubbles will go under the last baffle to the pump

[@dimitrikolijn8334]

Great series. Just what I needed to know. Starting with plans for a 20 gallon long reef tank. Seeing how I have more than enough 10 gallon fresh water tanks around the house, I am planning to use one of these tanks as my sump. Wish me luck.

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Dimitri Kolijn Good luck! It's great to have a sump, my tank is much healthier now.

[@AndreasC23]

Haha, that Borat reference was top. Good job on the sump 👏

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Andreas Chryseliou Thanks! Was wondering if anyone might catch that, haha.

[@nicecherian27]

There is mistake in first chamber. No filteratio

[@WMAProductionSingapore]

Good effort.. but circulation design is wrong, your first compartment should not flow, should seep from below to the second compartment, else it defeat the purpose . Because water from your first compartment should pass through sponge/cotton, all the way to the bottom and seep through from below to second compartment....

[@TheFishTankGuy]

You are correct sir. I did a newer 20g sump build and corrected my mistake :)

[@crtnkls]

Love the Borat reference @ 3:13 lol

[@TheFishTankGuy]

It's a very nice!

[@SkinnyJeansandGlock19s]

Excellent borat reference

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Matthew Marshall Glad somebody caught onto that! I try to keep my references subtle :)

[@Rjborgs]

Love the borat reference

[@TheFishTankGuy]

I like you!

[@reuven71260]

Thanks for the interesting video. In the case of a 350 liter tank aquarium and two pairs of discus fish, two pairs of angel fish and about 10 other small fish. How many such filters do you think I will need?

[@danmarino8796]

Good job I would of made baffles lower I think they are to high

[@CloverKismet]

The baffles are thicker than the tank walls xD, better safe then sorry i suppose. Nice job! ;)

[@TheFishTankGuy]

LOL...thanks :)

[@rajahslayer6534]

awesome video! I hope to make a sump later on but I just don't have the space. hope the website is doing good!

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Rajah Slayer Website is going good, new some more subscriber tanks, but I'm going to release the site later this month!

[@ayunjapz3704]

The water just flow the top part..should have let it flow from the bottom,give a gap below..that way the water will pass thru all filtration..

[@Dailygeeksquad]

"Great success" love it

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Matthew McLaughlin Haha, some people catch my subtle references...

[@bettajanggut2852]

How do you cut the glasses? Should do tutorial on that... Anyway...Thanks for sharing.

[@aquariumlover1013]

👍🏻👍🏻love the vid, and your channel is awesome, what tank are you going to use this on?

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+aquariumlover101 Going to use this one on my 10 gallon nano reef. The higher the water volume the easier it is to maintain the tank!

[@aquariumlover1013]

sounds cool

[@sahabazactivitychannel8735]

Ooo you are great man

[@shirleysw21]

Do I need 2 power heads? one for the tank and one for the sump? I'm trying to figure out how to get the water from the aquarium to the sump and back up the aquarium and don't know if I should buy two power heads?

[@garyrappel2976]

shirley williams generally your intake is gravity fed with an overflow box or overflows to keep from fully draining during an outage and a sumbmergable sump pump for return

[@AquariumHobbyist]

nice information!

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Aquarium Hobbyist Thank you, appreciate you taking the time to check out my videos!

[@dynomike73]

"Great success".....I totally lol'ed!

[@TheFishTankGuy]

My references are pretty subtle, most people miss them!! :)

[@sawyerthestarling]

Borat...nice ♡

[@sholihin.]

Good

[@aryapermana115]

nice video bruh

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Arya Permana Thanks, appreciate you checking it out!

[@TheCSFriendly]

Do you have a video of the actual building process?

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Derek Crist I think you found it :)

[@bootzilla]

great video! were the little wooden blocks hard to get out at the end? whats the reason for the middle baffle being elevated?

[@devisissy1]

so water flows under then over.

[@pruthvirajvichare1606]

Wow wanderful

[@yohendryy]

I thought was a nitrate test delta

[@inhaleingsmoke]

So I just built my 10g sump I took your design and added a baffle for the inlet to hold bio balls so the water coming in the sump bashes them then for the second half I'm doing a refugium theirs no room for a skimmer so I need to buy a hang on back I have the same one u do but it will not fit nor is it rated for the added water volume what would u recommend as I need to pick one up in the next day or so

[@flatearthcrypto6991]

test it in ur bathtub not on the carpet. its how divorces occur. hahahahahah

[@TheFishTankGuy]

Well...It looks like it's on carpet, but that's just a carpet scrap on top of a counter in my laundry room :) I already took the whole, being-in-the-doghouse-for-flooding-the-house scenario into consideration, haha.

[@aaronle2398]

fish guy, can you do a review on the aqueon overflow mega?

[@duncangao9156]

Don't build a sump this way folks, ain't gonna filter anything, just passing water thru

[@henrygrimm1770]

What size tank are you using this for

[@DonStevens68]

The first one is wrong. The water should go under the first glass chamber not over. Water will never clean properly in the first chamber.

[@jaylippy]

How large of a sump would i need for a tall 60gallon tank

[@donaldwhite5169]

what were the dimensions of the glass baffles you used

[@inhaleingsmoke]

nice

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Steven Royer Thank you!

[@Will-tm5bj]

while I tend to agree, a bad day of sex is still better than a bad day of fishing lmao.. sorry...

[@TheFishTankGuy]

LOL...I don't even like fishing! It's a fun song though :)

[@blkicemike4857]

Idk bout that, what if she smell a bit funky? That could be bad ,very bad.. although on upside, u would smell fishy either way... bad day fukin ,or bad day fishin,.. it's a bit of a conundrum,..🤦🏼‍♂️😂🤣..

[@jesusgarcia173]

how Big of a return pump do you got?

[@welcomepome]

Great Success 3:13 lol

[@th3blackthorn804]

Chambers are all wrong lol

[@TheFishTankGuy]

I agree, I think I put a note in the comments or even an overlay somewhere in the video that my first chamber sucks. If you check out my 20g sump build, it's much better.

[@vorname1563]

Diot?

[@TheFishTankGuy]

Huh?

[@GUYANAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

yolo

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Rico Suave YOLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ParsonsPre]

water test passed!

[@TheFishTankGuy]

Awww yeah! Congrats!

[@user-cf3zh8tq9m]

I can not believe you went that far building a DIY sump filter the wrong way. With a woooo ooooo included. I think you did it on purpose or your focus is less than a fish. Hahhaja you can fix it adding an extra glass on the left

[@genecundel4793]

Costly design error

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Gene Cundel which part? I would make this sump differently now, but what are your thoughts?

[@red1hot1guy]

Sell me one please!

[@TheFishTankGuy]

+Sergio Rueda You can make one, it's not that tough! I say go for it, it's actually pretty fun.

[@RicardoMartinez-nh4eb]

El peor sump que he visto.

[@antonniroshan7551]

wrong

[@TheFishTankGuy]

Wasn't the greatest build, would have changed some things knowing what I know now.

[@robertomh8664]

Mal mal no tiene buena funcion

[@rudainaqureshi358]

mc

[@iphonefivelover]

Huge fail

[@kingshukdas5667]

Sorry but its a design failure

[@cagrikoc1897]

Very stupid sump system

[@TheFishTankGuy]

I definitely could have done some things differently, mainly the first baffle placement... Led to stagnate water in the first chamber.

[@alisherismadiyarov3535]

FAK IDIOTO

[@TheFishTankGuy]

BOOOOOOO