plumbing dilema

[reefwars]

heres my thought buddy


any pods can and will make it to your sump , i breed mysid shrimp and i have them in my skimmer body, gfo reactors and my displays and overflow boxes are littered with them that leads me to believe that they easily make it through the pump if not at adult stage then when very young.

if you do drop a line from your fuge set it into the water enough that the bubbles wont splash over the side, close it with a valve to regulate it and dont set it down far enough so that when it first kicks in it stirs up your sand.

i would install a gatevalve on your main drain from display and a gatevalve on your tanks drain to fuge , let both run wide open when you start up the system. then tune the fuge drain to a slow drain by closing gatevalve , then tune your display the same way. should be quiet and no bubbles

i would only have a small amount of water going through personally to reduce noise, bubbles(as it will drain close to water surface)

from my experience pods and micro life end up everywhere in time anyways, the more pods you have is dependant on what you do to raise them and the predators you house with them(pretty much most fish)

i have an idea for your sump im working on a drawing ill send it over to you and let me know what you think. a sump more designed to what your doing will make everything a bit easier in terms of plumbing,drains and pump locations

[Basile]

Originally Posted by reefwars

heres my thought buddy


any pods can and will make it to your sump , i breed mysid shrimp and i have them in my skimmer body, gfo reactors and my displays and overflow boxes are littered with them that leads me to believe that they easily make it through the pump if not at adult stage then when very young.

if you do drop a line from your fuge set it into the water enough that the bubbles wont splash over the side, close it with a valve to regulate it and dont set it down far enough so that when it first kicks in it stirs up your sand.

i would install a gatevalve on your main drain from display and a gatevalve on your tanks drain to fuge , let both run wide open when you start up the system. then tune the fuge drain to a slow drain by closing gatevalve , then tune your display the same way. should be quiet and no bubbles

i would only have a small amount of water going through personally to reduce noise, bubbles(as it will drain close to water surface)

from my experience pods and micro life end up everywhere in time anyways, the more pods you have is dependant on what you do to raise them and the predators you house with them(pretty much most fish)

i have an idea for your sump im working on a drawing ill send it over to you and let me know what you think. a sump more designed to what your doing will make everything a bit easier in terms of plumbing,drains and pump locations

Hey thanks, actually you've describe pretty much my plan, lol. i've ordered 4 spears gate valves, one for each of my 2 drains(fuge and reef) one 1/2" for the fuge feed line to the reef( that particular pipe; a flex will be a "T" to stop any syphon) and will end up near the wave box or a power head to spread the pods and give them a chance to escape the fishes in the reef, lol. I inted to feed them in the fuge and give them hiding places rubble caves, mud and fine sand, did you know they build little houses saw that the last time if they have fine sand to work with. Can't wait to see your plan thanks again will post pics and video of the tanks when all working.


Thats my sump right now

[Basile]

This is my drain set up, on both tanks, two herbies.My modifications are made to make the emergency pipe silent. At 1/2" over the water line the emergency pipe is no longer the daily constant gurgle occasional noise maker. The water has to rise to use that pipe, which mean if it uses it , its an emergency and not a daily anoyance. It become an emergency pipe, then you check it out and resolve the problem. Both main drains are at 6" under the water lines with strainers, checked every week in routine inspection,and both have spears gate valves fine tuned to create a syphon. The emergency pipe stay open to be noisy if used and alert me that something is wrong.