good sump/fuge design

hi im looking to convert my 55g tank into a sump/fuge tank looking for some good designs i have all the acrylic and egg crating i need just trying to figure out the best design for me any input or designs would be appreciated thanks

 

There is a lot of information in this thread:

Refugium - 3reef Forums

When I was looking to make one this is where I got my ideas / design.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxnugJGiT3o
I followed this guy's design when I made mine. There is also a second part. Works great.

 

Is your tank glass or acrylic? Acrylic won't bond to glass with silicon. But if your tank is acrylic, game on, woking with weld-on can be a pain to get a solid joint.

 

my tank is glass..is there anything i can use to make acrylic bond(without harming the fish/coral)?

 

I made a sump out of a 10 gal and used silicone on both sides of the acrylic dividers and it worked for me. It was a glass tank and with silicone on both sides and on the ends its solid as a rock. after curing, i could pick up the whole sume with one of the dividers and no problem. On the other hand, is t a 10 gal and i just bought a 240 tank with a 55 gal tank for a sump that need to be converted too.

 

I always forward people to melevs. There is a bunch of sump layouts (I went with Model J)

 

Ditto....this guy is the guru of sump/fuge design.

And while silicone doesn't work with bonding/attaching glass & acrylic for an outside wall, an inside baffle/divider is no problem. That's what I did. Holding fine as we speak.

 

As did I. Got some really great ideas from there, as well as in the DIY, and Refuguim sections here. Thats how I built mine, also using the aquarium safe silicone.