Hi I'm very new.
I have 125 gal tank. Used and last people removed the overflows. It has dual drains and dual returns.I had a man in Florida custom make an acrylic divider with teeth at the top. I siliconed that in a few weeks ago and did test the seal with water without any leaks.
Just got my sand and live rock this weekend and started the initial fill with my RODI salt water. Once I got it half filled the acrylic started bowing significantly. Obviously this was due to the pressure on one side of the tank. So I did fill the overflow box about halfway to equalize and the acrylic divider leveled out. I ended up keeping the levels in the display side of the tank and the overflow side equal overnight just to let it rest and to watch for potential leaks between the divider, on the overflow or the display tank.
Here's my problem: now with nothing running the water just sitting in both sides water continues to drain out of the overflow side extremely slowly into my sump. I cannot figure out where the water is draining from. The standpipe is above the water level. The bulkheads are dry underneath in my tank stand and there's no dripping outside of the piping. Most likely draining from somewhere in my standpipe but where? I have the aqueon mega flow overflow kit.
Is this normal?
How can I fix it?
it's so slow that I'm sure once everything's running it's not even going to be something I have noticed. But I worry if this is a larger problem waiting to happen or not.
I reached out to three local fish areas to help me and no luck.
I have 125 gal tank. Used and last people removed the overflows. It has dual drains and dual returns.I had a man in Florida custom make an acrylic divider with teeth at the top. I siliconed that in a few weeks ago and did test the seal with water without any leaks.
Just got my sand and live rock this weekend and started the initial fill with my RODI salt water. Once I got it half filled the acrylic started bowing significantly. Obviously this was due to the pressure on one side of the tank. So I did fill the overflow box about halfway to equalize and the acrylic divider leveled out. I ended up keeping the levels in the display side of the tank and the overflow side equal overnight just to let it rest and to watch for potential leaks between the divider, on the overflow or the display tank.
Here's my problem: now with nothing running the water just sitting in both sides water continues to drain out of the overflow side extremely slowly into my sump. I cannot figure out where the water is draining from. The standpipe is above the water level. The bulkheads are dry underneath in my tank stand and there's no dripping outside of the piping. Most likely draining from somewhere in my standpipe but where? I have the aqueon mega flow overflow kit.
Is this normal?
How can I fix it?
it's so slow that I'm sure once everything's running it's not even going to be something I have noticed. But I worry if this is a larger problem waiting to happen or not.
I reached out to three local fish areas to help me and no luck.