120 Gallon Progress

[mr_alberta]

What are "stacks" in your overflow? Are you talking about the standpipe? If so, that isn't your problem. Mine is level with the top of my overflow.

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by mr_alberta

What are "stacks" in your overflow? Are you talking about the standpipe? If so, that isn't your problem. Mine is level with the top of my overflow.

yes Harvey if his stand pipes or stacks are at the top of his tank well "Yes" it will be a big problem its going to keep filling up from the sump until the water starts going thur the pipes. ANd if that means sucking all the water out of his sump to fill the tank. Well that would be the problem.
Harvey how big is your Sump compared to Nanoreefs...


Now Nanoreef is the pipes close to the top of the glass or are they close to the overflow.

how down are the pipes from the top of the tank?

[mr_alberta]

Heya Mike,

IIRC, my sump is 30x24 and has about ~10" of water in it (so 30-ish gallons).

If that is the case, he should be able to add more water to the sump and that should solve his problem. I think he said that wasn't the problem though which leads me to believe that either

a) his drain plumbing has too many restriction in it slowing down the flow
b) his drains aren't 1"
c) I'm totally out in left field and don't know what's going on

[Joe Reefer]

c) I'm totally out in left field and don't know what's going on

This would be my guess.

[Skimmerking]

I don't know i have exhausted all my avenue's on what can be done. With out seeing it in person..

[mr_alberta]

Are your two overflows draining individually into your sump or are they connected together into a single 1" pipe that dumps into your sump? I don't recall whether or not you've answered that question before. Sorry if you have, I must have missed it...

[Skimmerking]

yes harvey that is the question I'm waiting for. If you have 2 liens going into one tee and they have the same diameter well you will have a build up you might say. it will slow down instead of speeding up..