Plumbing, A few new Questions

GreenSpottedPuffer · #1 09-22-2007, 03:54 PM

Thanks Spoot! No I do not want it fed from my overflow pipe. I just want it plumbed into one of the rubbermaids. Or I may plumb it between the first rubbermaid and the second which is the refugium. The refugium will be the bigger container. The first one is just for the overflow return and stuff like heaters. Although I may just end up using two containers the same size and then putting the skimmer IN the first one. Not sure yet.

I will draw up a few of the different plans and post them soon.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #2 09-22-2007, 06:35 PM

1st rough drawing of plans...Pick it apart!!!

Thanks.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #3 09-22-2007, 06:37 PM

What size pump would you guys recommend for this? Do you think the Dart would be good or should I just go smaller?

Oh and the return is going to end up being over the back. For the "herbie" style overflow I need both bulkheads in the overflow box because one is used as an emergency drain.

mark · #4 09-22-2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

What size pump would you guys recommend for this? Do you think the Dart would be good or should I just go smaller?

Oh and the return is going to end up being over the back. For the "herbie" style overflow I need both bulkheads in the overflow box because one is used as an emergency drain.

Your plans for this tank is FOWLR correct? Have you selected a pump for the CL?

untamed · #5 09-22-2007, 11:52 PM

It looks like you've planned some sort of strainer over the intake of the primary Herbie drain. That will cause you minor irritation because as it blocks up with stuff, you'll be constantly adjusting the gate valve to compensate for the change in flow caused by the strainer.

You can try it and find out. Easy to remove it later.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #6 09-23-2007, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by untamed

It looks like you've planned some sort of strainer over the intake of the primary Herbie drain. That will cause you minor irritation because as it blocks up with stuff, you'll be constantly adjusting the gate valve to compensate for the change in flow caused by the strainer.

You can try it and find out. Easy to remove it later.

Yeah I was going to because I did some research and keep seeing that done. How is yours? Im not set on doing that though. I think the main idea is to keep any small fish or snails, ect out of the plumbing but since this is a FOWLR with no snails, crabs or small fish (smallest is 4") I may not need it.

spoot · #7 09-23-2007, 05:24 AM

Not sure how the herbie works (haven't read up on it) But by the picture, it looks as though the overflow pipe for the herbie is only halfway up the tank. How high will it be in real life? If it is this low, you will have a lot of water draining into sump in the event of a power outage.

From the looks of your diagram, what you should do is just drill a hole in the sump for the skimmer pump. Then drill a hole in the refuge for the skimmer output. That would solve your problem.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #8 09-23-2007, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by mark

Your plans for this tank is FOWLR correct? Have you selected a pump for the CL?

I think going to use a Sequence Dart most likely for the closed loop, which means I may go with something smaller for the return, just to have less flow through the sump. Does that make sense? The Dart closed loop should give the tank enough flow I think...