Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
How many holes to drill in my tank for a sump.
But a question i am trying to get answered now is, as my tank will sit in an alcove so be against the wall on 3 sides, the only place left for holes for a sump is in the floor of the tank.
Where should I drill them, how big, and how many?
I was thinking of drilling them by the back wall, in the centre of the tank on the floor, with 2 outlets for durso overflow method, and one return which I can split into 2 at the top to feed the tank both ways with returning water. All this will be hid in a weir box type thing to feed the durso pipes. (Picture 1)
If this sounds ok how big should the holes be?
Or should I drill holes in one corner of the tank? How many? (Picture2)
Or what about split the holes between both corners and making a triangle box to cover them. (Picture3)
The tank size is 118cm by 70cm high by 45cm wide.
Let me know your thoughts. I am stuck as to where the best place is.
Thanks for your help.
Hope the picture comes up.
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Here is simplified drawing for marine and fresh water sump differences. Of course there is loads of different designs out there, especially for marine.
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