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As for ball valves they are horable and the worst valve you can use in this aplication for throttling as they have a non linear opening quality. I ended up pulling all the balls out of my system and throwing them in the garbage. One thing I would add is I am against any valves on the return lines unless they are only for isolating for maintenance. throttling a return is just asking for trouble at some point. if you want to varry the flow between the sump and the fuge use line size to do it. if you want to varry flow through the system then throttle the pressure side of the pump. Steve
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Looks like you will recirculate too much water going through your frag tank and fuge? I would have the Drains go into the manifold and the return have a dedicated pipe to itself. then maybe a powerhead or two in the frag and fuge if flow is a problem.
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My Other Car is a Reef Tank Last edited by argan; 11-19-2009 at 03:43 PM. |
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![]() The main reason i wanted the returns to feed the fuge and frag tank is the detritus. I imagine that if i have the drains going into there, the muck will accumulate rather than being taken out by the skimmer and floss in the skimmer chamber????
I do like the idea of throttling down using smaller pipe sizes and spray bars.
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![]() Not having the dwg's to scale is a bit of a problem, those dimensions are critical to doing this properly.
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![]() Ok so a change of plan. Im going away from the SQWD idea and will be using an OM of some sort. Either build my own or buy one. So i have 2 designs to pick from for tank layout:
Option1: Rear overflow box, im concerned about the depth of the box not being enough and getting a gurgling sound from my herbie??? ![]() Option2: Centre overflow: ![]() Which one would you pick based on cost to manufacture, ease of maintenance and also asthetics ( My main concern!, I hate seeing equipment etc, even outside of the tank ). Mr OM, the drawings are just for ideas and proposed layout, when i build im down to millimeters!! 5 Year engineering apprenticeship fundamentals drilled into me!!!! I cant be bothered to do a fully accurate CAD drawing for something i will be building. If it was for someone else to build, now thats a different story!!! Any help would be much appreciated VR
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