Tropheus Caramba Red Bishops

[Austy16414]

Another suggestion is to use a sharpie and put a line on your sump to show where the water line should be. I did that along with drilling a hole in my return so when the power goes off it will back syphon but not flood the sump

Luckily this one came with a water level sticker haha fool proof

[Austy16414]

Austin

You were concerned about the wet dry filter causing flooding. Is there a hole drilled in the top of your return line? This kills the suction if the power goes off. Otherwise tank water will siphon down the return line and back into the sump. You can test it by unplugging the pump. If too much water ends up in the sump, then make sure you have the hole in the return line and then make your skimmer higher too. But with a large tank, even 1/8 inch of water is a lot of water that will continue to skim into the sump until the water level is low enough.

I was mostly joking, really. I took all the necessary precautions when setting it up. There's a hole drilled on the return above the water to break the siphon in case of a power outage, and the overflow box is setup so that the filter will not overflow if the pump cuts off

[Austy16414]

I'm starting to think that tile bottom is the way to go...so much easier and a clean look as well...

It only makes sense, right?

[agamberutti]

Another suggestion is to use a sharpie and put a line on your sump to show where the water line should be. I did that along with drilling a hole in my return so when the power goes off it will back syphon but not flood the sump

[Ken B]

Austin

You were concerned about the wet dry filter causing flooding. Is there a hole drilled in the top of your return line? This kills the suction if the power goes off. Otherwise tank water will siphon down the return line and back into the sump. You can test it by unplugging the pump. If too much water ends up in the sump, then make sure you have the hole in the return line and then make your skimmer higher too. But with a large tank, even 1/8 inch of water is a lot of water that will continue to skim into the sump until the water level is low enough.

[thegoodlife]

I'm starting to think that tile bottom is the way to go...so much easier and a clean look as well...

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Very nice and look super clean.

[Austy16414]

Long day of fish fun is complete. Swapped out my sand for some ceramic tile (thanks for the idea Sunny). I'm really diggin it. Here's a video, be sure to click HD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGAjaV0iXDg

[Austy16414]

Haha well I need to learn a thing or two first!

[ptran]

I have a wet dry 24x12x16 sitting in the garage. Will set it up when I have time. Hope to learn a thing or two from you bro

[Austy16414]

It's ok, I'm still running two AC110s and an FX6, so the wet/dry is really just for biological filtration. Might as well runt to City Pets and grab one though

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Oh . The foam block but that no big deal .

[Austy16414]

I'll be sure to update here tomorrow.

What's that? My heater?

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Tropheus Caramba Red Bishops

You should notify the different within 12/24 hours after wet/dry filter being add.
Look like your Wet/Dry filter missing something!!!

[Austy16414]

Looking forward to it