Bignose's 95G reef

[bignose]

The seals on the return are the ones that it came with. The bulkheads I had some trouble with because I ended up buying the wrong type. I also had to use a ball valve instead of a gate valve for the return line. I'm regretting this now because it's very hard to get the level in the overflow where I want it. I hope the valve loosens over time becuase it's hard to fine tune.

Other than that for my first plumbing job I'm very pleased.

Here is a picture of the sump area.

I hope I plumbed right considering there is almost zero room in there.

[bignose]

Oops I for got to list that I have 2 Koralia 4 powerheads so I updated.

[mark]

Don't have siphon breaks myself (room in the sump) but wondering if you're running them?

[Tangman]

Two things that I noticed from the pics. and from Mark said, as there is no check valve in the return plumbing, I would suggest a siphon break, a drilled hole just above or right at the water line in the main tank on the return line and i would relocate the electrical power bar away from the top of your skimmer, because if your skimmer were to over flow ( and they do ) it looks like the power bar would get very wet.

[bignose]

I was thinking about drilling the return but I haven't yet. I going to eventually I hope the power dosen't go out What size holes would you drill?

[mark]

Will your sump flood if the power goes off (draining back from the tank), if it does, you need to do something. If your sump has the volume, no worries.

[bignose]

Quite a bit actually. I'm going to drill the holes today.

[fishytime]

Nice coral scores. Looks good. To soon for a clam tho imho.