Stock tank display build

[Kamreefer]

Stock tank reef build

So after having to place my reef in a stock tank while I move I'm loving the view and space! The corals seem a lot happier in the 150g stock tank!As soon as I put my yellow tang in he started doing laps. It was awesome to see. I want to start planning a build to house the corals and fish in this 150g stock tank permanently . I plan to build a stand for this stock tank and enclose it with wood to make it more presentable. I'm stuck though as far as filtration is concerned. I am thinking of having a 100g stock tank as filter etc. I Also have a trigger systems 39.

Here's the issue I thought about with the 39 Sump, If I have it below the stock tank and the pump turns off there will not be enough room for it to hold the 150g of water based on how low the current bulkhead is placed causing Niagra falls in my Home(stock).



So I think using the 100g rubber maid as a Sump may be better but how would I go about this have it above the display150 and have a pump shoot it up and return back to the tank through the 100g bulkhead with proper plumbing? All ideas are welcome. I plan to build a sturdy yet displayable stand for this build based on how I do this


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[Fish_wiz2]

You have two ways:
1. Gravity sump, where the sump will be elevated higher then the display stock tank and pump fed. You will have to either drill a bulkhead close to the surface for an overflow or extend pipe from the bottom factory bulkhead. I prefer option 1 as if you have a leak in your extender, your sump volume could drain into your 150g display. The only issue I see with this is you will have to build an additional surface skimmer to take care of surface film or turn your pumps up to chop up the surface.

2. Standard sump, where the sump will be located below the display and you would need to drill bulkheads towards the surface and have that feed the sump then use a return pump to move water back.

Tips: drill additional bulkhead for the overflows for redundancy and failsafe, never rely on 1 bulkhead to be your overflow. Use netting to keep jumpers in the tank.

I have done both for temporary koi QT setups using a 300gal stock tank. Both work but the gravity sump is more cost effective as I would literally leave it on top of the main stock tank. Ugly but this was a temp setup. In your case, since you want to make it look nice, either would come out the same.