some solutions i came up with for my SeaStar.
it's a terrible picture but i made this 45degree T goes into the threaded 90 which threads into the bulkhead. It's hard to tell but it slopes upward to about 2" below the water surface . it sucks back less water this way. as i have a hammerhead for a return i had to keep it this low or the air syphons from the surface but with your flow amount you could have it higher, you may want to consider lockline, instead, note the 45degree split directs the current into the corners as well.
you will also want to put some kind of silencing on the standpipes, i designed a stockmen style cap for these standpipes, if your interested i can send you a pic.
as for the overflows i found the teeth slots to be no where near capable to handle the flow i wanted but i had already stocked the tank so i had to break them off and replace with leaf gaurd mesh (guttergaurd) from Rona, it doesn't look great pro but it works really well, if you leave some teeth in to support the mesh.
hope this helps
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Last edited by smellsfishy; 09-19-2006 at 03:48 AM.
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