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May I ask where you found the orange soft tubing at?
Mine is very basic but I love the way it turned out!
Thanks!Sweet color combo
I just turned mine into a Herbie setup and had lots of issues with getting the siphon and emergency to take on the full flow when the pump would kick back on after power failure tests. I'd recommend switching the gate valve to the smaller line and having the large pipe be your emergency.
Per the poster of the image.May I ask where you found the orange soft tubing at?
Furniture grade orange PVC bent with a heat gun and a metal spring.
Thanks!
I've run Herbie's for years with zero issues. It takes about 30 minutes or so for them to equalize again after an outage. The smaller pipe is only 1/2" and no way I'm running that as a siphon. The possibility of a clog are crazy high.
My issue with this setup is the 1/2" emergency can't handle a 100% block of the main drain. I've got a few things I'm going to try to help fix that but I might have to turn the return into an emergency as well and run a return up the back, which I really don't want to do. I do have things in place to prevent a full clog however. Overflow cover, strainer on drain and I can easily remove my drain at the union and clean it all.
Updated image with all illumination completed:
Sump by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
IMG_6030 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
Nicely done
How do you like the skimmer I have the same and yet to use it lolMy 120 that I hard Plumbed as well as my Aqua UV Sterilizer w/ a Flow Meter.
TANK INFO
120 Mixed Reef
Ecotech M1 pump
Skimz 163 DC Montzer Series skimmer
Custom sump / Refuge
2 Maxspect Gyre XF130's Pumps
2 AI Hydra TwentySix HD LED Fixtures
Celestial C35W Maxspect Grow Spot light
Aqua UV Ultraviolet Sterilizer 25w
BRS Dual Media reactor
Eshoops IV Master doser
Smart Micro Auto Top Off
Updated image with all illumination completed:
Sump by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
IMG_6030 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
are you painting your pvc or did you buy it like that? If you are painting it, what do you use?
are you painting your pvc or did you buy it like that? If you are painting it, what do you use?
thanksBRS sells the piping in every color of the rainbow:
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/pumps-plumbing/plumbing/pipe-tubing.html