Gramps's little piece of the reef

[Bob Escher]

I'm using a Apex controller so I have redundancy all over the place as my better half is very anal about that
But if you set the system up and have just enough water to go into the sump and not overfull. and a syphon break as well ( which the regular return will have but since you have a regular forty gallon then you
Will have a normal over top return line
Something like this
https://www.amazon.com/Return-Assem...50-spons&keywords=Aquarium++return+line&psc=1

 

[Gramps13]

Yeah that's what I was gonna use. And I was going to drill a hole just below the water line for syphon break. Thanks for the heads up.

 

[Bob Escher]

No problems if you notice it already has a hole

 

[Gramps13]

Thanks Bob, I will be sure to check when I get it.

 

[Bob Escher]

Read the description of the item

 

[Gramps13]

Ok I missed that. Depending how deep into the tank it sits I may need one closer to the water line. I will only have a 10 gallon sump so I will be limited on return volume.

 

[Bob Escher]

How big is your tank
( no worries)

 

[n2585722]

The tank looks great.

I have a 42 gallon hex tank and used this as the overflow and return. https://www.amazon.com/Tom-Aquatics...&qid=1502140624&sr=1-4&keywords=toms+overflow
I don't have as much room on the back of my tank and this would fit in the area I had to work with. It has auto siphon start. The only issue is making sure you have enough water in the sump to start the siphon. The sump I have is a little less than 10 gallon. As long as I don't divert too much flow from the return pump to reactors I don't have an issue on startup. My siphon break is in the back compartment of the overflow above the waterline. There was a cover for it, but I left it off. It makes it eaiser to check the flow to make sure it is not clogged. Make sure and clean the siphon break hole on a regular basis. I try and do it once a week with one of these.

They are ment for cleaning teeth but work great cleaning the small siphon break hole.

 

[Bob Escher]

Oh I thought you didn't have anything but another issue what about auto top off

 

[Gramps13]

Bob-
The tank is a 40 breeder. I have an ATO. It is basically a DIY job. I had originally bought it from autotopoff.com but the relay went bad. So I wired up my own relay/block and used their float switch.

Danny-
Thanks for the suggestion for the overflow. That is an excellent idea on the tooth/syphon cleaner.

 

[Bob Escher]

Sorry I got confused by who was who