remote sump

I am setting up a 110G reef tank in my living room the sump is going to be in the Basement. The plumbing will drop 8 ft and run 8ft to my sump, which is going to be a 75g tank that is currently my FOWLR.
Looking for any pro/cons/suggestions for this type of set up.

 

For me the Pros would be nice and quiet in the living room and lots of room to have larger sumps and to work on the filtration. But the cons would be that it could be difficult to plumb but once done obviously this is not an issue, and that you would require a fairly large pump (compared to having sump under stand) that requires much more energy ($) to run.

There are probably many more pros and cons and each individual situation could add or subtract from the list. These are just the concerns I would have in my home with them.

 

The plumbing is not a problem my basement is unfinished, my concern is the length of the run of the plumbing is there any thing i should be concerned about or should be doing when plumbing it, want to do it right the first time.

My Pros:
water changes done in basement.
Quite

Cons:
Cost

 

You just have to take the head in the plumbing into account before you buy your pump. Take the height you will be pumping and don't forget to add for any 90's or other fittings. Then when you are shooping for a pump it should have a chart to read the GPH at a given head, you just need to find yours and match up what you want for flow and you are good to go.

When plumbing, remember the fewer fittings the better and 45's are better than 90's for flow if its possible to use them.

 

I've never set up a big tank with a remote sump. But the one thing I'd be worried about is the volume of water in the piping in a poweroutage situation. More piping means more volume. Just have to account for that in how big and how full you'd have your sump (or so I'd think!)

 

Thanks for the info, my sump is going to a 75g tank, i am lucky that there is a drain pipe next to where my sump is I am thinking about plumbing an overflow into my sump into the drain. If something goes really wrong done the drain the water goes.

 

That sounds like a good plan. Downside to this though, is if the pump does start working again, and you have an ATO, you could get saltwater replaced with freshwater, and have salinity drop.

Just something to think about

 

good point, I quess its primary use would be if the auto top off failed on ,to stop the sump from overflowing. Any way around it the salinity will change. I will just have to have a fool proof system, so the overflow is only for those emergencies.

 

If you haven't bought the sump yet, rubbermaid makes watering tanks that work great as remote sumps and would probably save some cash. I was just looking at a 150 gallon to use as a sump for a future project and it was $180. Also has a drain on bottom which would be handy for water changes. They come in various sizes from 50-300 gallons.