Help urgent! Tank not doin so hot

[maron6977]

So you must have a bulkhead going thru the glass where your plastic drain hose is attached , but the PVC drain pipe - can you pull it out of the bulkhead or is it glued in ???

[Chase31]

Sounds like your overflow is plugged do you have something long enough to go from the top of ur overflow to the clear tubing, maybe a coat hanger or something to check for a clog

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Originally Posted by Chase31

Sounds like your overflow is plugged do you have something long enough to go from the top of ur overflow to the clear tubing, maybe a coat hanger or something to check for a clog

[SharkBait48]

I literally cannot bend something and contort it into position to help sweep the pipes along and clear any debris

I have my heads at the top of the water but that might not be enough

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

If that is your setup with those power heads in your system you should be fine until you figure it out but do add the heater to your main tank.

at the end of the flex pipe from the bottom of the overflow box you should be able to pull and release the flex pipe then poke the coat anger up the pipe or down the over frow drain if you could reach.

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

poke at it from the overflow pipe down wards and get some family member to view it from the bottom to see if anything besides the coat hanger is coming through...

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Or maybe unplug the flex from the sump at the end and reverse it with the intake of your return pump...turn the pump on in burst be careful by watching the pump speed and how the water is flowing into the overflow box..

[spit.fire]

I'm guessing it's a due so overflow, you should be able to just pull the standpipe in the overflow out to check the stand pipe for clogs

If there's no clogs in the stand pipe, remove your flex line completely and check that, if that doesn't solve it pull the pvc pipe that goes from the flux hose into the sump out and clean that


If you do all that you'll have you're system running normally in no time

[reefme]

Your drain pipe maybe too deep in side your sump. Raise it a little higher. Keep it 3" or less below water.

[SharkBait48]

Thanks for everybody's help!
Great to see everybody looking out for this fellow reefer!

The cause of all the trouble was a snail trapper deep in the pipes, took a few things apart and with the help of a buddy we sucked that sucker out!