Plumbing--need your help

[sharuq1]

Scale is out of whack as I have not measured anything. I am thinking no elbows in the tank, just the bulkheads. 2.5" from the back of the tank to the front of the "box", then have the box placed just under the lowest bulkhead, and divide the thing in half so that water will be able to get to the high hole. The braces can go in the box under water level (maybe half inch to an inch) The braces being there should strengthen it and alow me a ledge so I can lay a piece of eggcrate over top and not need strainers (I hope). (braces on outer edges of the box are missing in the picture as I am not so good with google sketchup)



I am thinking of plumbing it with external dursos like Dephinus has in his fw tank.

Thoughts?

[Delphinus]

I think technically you need an elbow for it to be considered a "Durso" but ignoring that technicality I think this would work just fine (with or without the elbows on the inside). In fact you could put strainers on the bulkheads if you went without the elbows. (I wish I could put a strainer on my FW overflow because small fish end up in my sump all the time (dang Ameca splendens breed worse than rabbits - I think they are born pregnant).)

[Slick Fork]

That looks like how I've got mine set up. Sorry I couldn't get to your PM earlier, damn job keeping me from wasting time on the net. I like it, and it works on my tank! I believe mind is 2.5" from the back glass to the overflow side. With a set up like that, you could just place egg-crate on the top and it will keep the fish out!

[sharuq1]

Anybody think there would be any benefit to adding a SCWD to the return?

Umm...how would I do that anyway? <--handy impaired

My plumbing is going to be 1.5". Are all the SCWD's the same diameter for hookup or is there a big and small version? What is the pipe diameter for
hookup?

[sharuq1]

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That looks like how I've got mine set up. Sorry I couldn't get to your PM earlier, damn job keeping me from wasting time on the net. I like it, and it works on my tank! I believe mind is 2.5" from the back glass to the overflow side. With a set up like that, you could just place egg-crate on the top and it will keep the fish out!

Thanks! Do you have elbows inside your "channel" or is it just water straight to the bulkhead? Do you have strainers on your bulkheads?

[Slick Fork]

no elbows or strainers, I just built a little eggcrate barrier but somehow I still seem to get the odd chromis in the sump.