Crazy plumbing

MK300 · 2026-09-03T23:07:14-0400

Who said closed loops were a good idea?

Gumbies R Us · 2026-09-04T07:18:11-0400

It's so clean looking!

Kooma · 2026-09-04T08:07:30-0400

MK300 said:
Who said closed loops were a good idea?

Closed loops sound like a great idea (ive never had one). BUT, you missed a golden opportunity to mount those pumps to the underside of that cabinet and reduce your elbows, pipe runs and clutter majorly.

MK300 · 2026-09-04T08:25:27-0400

Kooma said:
Closed loops sound like a great idea (ive never had one). BUT, you missed a golden opportunity to mount those pumps to the underside of that cabinet and reduce your elbows, pipe runs and clutter majorly.

I thought about it. But for maintenance reasons, I went this route. The L2s have plenty of power. They were my basement return pumps from my last tank and they provided plenty of flow.

BriDroid · 2026-09-04T08:45:55-0400

I'm truly impressed! Good job!

mfinn · 2026-09-04T08:50:55-0400

Very nice.
I like doing blue pvc. I've done a couple plumbing jobs on friends tanks using colored piping.
I wish I would used it on mine, but at the time ordering and shipping would have delayed everything about 2 weeks.

MK300 · 2026-09-04T08:59:56-0400

mfinn said:
Very nice.
I like doing blue pvc. I've done a couple plumbing jobs on friends tanks using colored piping.
I wish I would used it on mine, but at the time ordering and shipping would have delayed everything about 2 weeks.

Yes! I needed to plan a bit ahead. I actually ran out of 1”. Painted a piece of white. The Krylon is almost an exact match! I will be going with a red theme at the sump end in my basement.

martin.a · 2026-09-04T09:10:22-0400

Nice... but where is the sump?

MK300 · 2026-09-04T09:18:06-0400

martin.a said:
Nice... but where is the sump?

Darn it! Knew I forgot something! Ha! Sump is in basement. A lot of the plumbing seen includes 3 drains and a return going to basement. Now I need to complete the lower half!

Tangdora · 2026-09-04T10:56:39-0400

Piping is clean. A bit late for a suggestions lol but typically when it come to closed loops I like to pipe a spigot below the lowest union to allow for quick line draining once the valves are closed. Also make good used for draining water from the tank east. But even if you close your valves the water in the bottom half is going to try a level itself when you unscrew the lower fitting unless you loosen the top first and siphon out some of the water first. Probably not that much effort in your case though since you have a lot of open space to work with.