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Finishing up plumbing on a new build (hopefully) and hoping to get a stamp of approval prior to gluing.
This is a Seapora Reef Ready tank (Durso stock to barbed bulkheads) that I modified into a Herbie with hard plumbing.
One Bulkhead is 1" (main) and the other is 3/4" (emergency).
Main goes (1" for all):
1" Bulkhead
90° Elbow
Union
90° Elbow
Gate Valve
Union
Sump's stock piping (red, into their 1" bulkhead)
Emergency goes (3/4" until sump):
3/4" Bulkhead
Union
90° Elbow
90° Elbow
3/4" to 1" Bushing
1" Union
Sump's stock piping (red, into their 1" bulkhead)
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I then have the return line up and over the side of the tank.
I have clips and hangars to hols each pipe up.
Less relevant, my return from sump side.
That silicone tube will be in a barb fitting with a plastic clamp here in a sec. Had to run to get it.
Inside the overflow box:
This is where I changed the stock plumbing.
Main is parts from the stock plumbing.
Strainer to a reducer that fits into the 1" bulkhead. I WILL be adding a pipe to bump this up a lot (less than Emergency) to have less drain into sump when pump is off.
Emergency is just the 3/4" pipe. Nothing special.
Alright! So, how does everything look? Any glaring issues? Especially the 1" drain and 3/4" emergency.
This is a Seapora Reef Ready tank (Durso stock to barbed bulkheads) that I modified into a Herbie with hard plumbing.
One Bulkhead is 1" (main) and the other is 3/4" (emergency).
Main goes (1" for all):
1" Bulkhead
90° Elbow
Union
90° Elbow
Gate Valve
Union
Sump's stock piping (red, into their 1" bulkhead)
Emergency goes (3/4" until sump):
3/4" Bulkhead
Union
90° Elbow
90° Elbow
3/4" to 1" Bushing
1" Union
Sump's stock piping (red, into their 1" bulkhead)
-------
I then have the return line up and over the side of the tank.
I have clips and hangars to hols each pipe up.
Less relevant, my return from sump side.
That silicone tube will be in a barb fitting with a plastic clamp here in a sec. Had to run to get it.
Inside the overflow box:
This is where I changed the stock plumbing.
Main is parts from the stock plumbing.
Strainer to a reducer that fits into the 1" bulkhead. I WILL be adding a pipe to bump this up a lot (less than Emergency) to have less drain into sump when pump is off.
Emergency is just the 3/4" pipe. Nothing special.
Alright! So, how does everything look? Any glaring issues? Especially the 1" drain and 3/4" emergency.