reconstructing a sump

[Ripley71]

I just got a second hand sump I intended to use for my planted aquarium. I measured before but apparently did not measure the door space - stupid me. Now - how easy is it to take it apart & rebuilding it in the stand?

 

[clownie]

What's it made of? If it's glass you would just bust out the silicone take it apart and reassemble.

 

[Ripley71]

It's acrylic. Not as easy?

 

[L190]

It's acrylic. Not as easy?

not easy at all. The acylic is bonded together so you'll most likely break the tank. With my stands, i had to take off a panel on the stand and slide in the sump. What size is the sump? what size is the door opening? I might have an extra sump if you are interested.

 

[Ripley71]

It was sold as a 36 gallon sump 30x16x16 my door opening is about 15.5.

 

[L190]

I see

 

[Ripley71]

I'm not sure that I have the space to cut the side of the stand. The sump needs to be big enough for my 120 & I wanted to do something different with this planted tank. Do you have an extra one?

 

[L190]

mine is a small one so it won't work for you. can you cut a bigger opening

 

[Ripley71]

I'm guessing if I cut the opening more to accommodate the sump, I'd have to reinforce the stand too?

 

[L190]

Not sure. when I build my stands, I tend to go overboard and reinforce the he'll out of it

 

[Ripley71]

Ok. Ill have to look online, or see if anybody has some instructions or pictures of reinforcements. I think what I have is your standard petstore stand. The things I have to go through just to have a sump fit.

 

[L190]

If it is your standard pet store stand, you might want to build a stand yourself. I don't trust stands that use mdf