Hello everyone!
Several weeks ago I posted a potential plumbing build for my first ever reef tank. I received some great feedback (mostly about drilling the tank), so I took the plunge and had it drilled. I then spent a lot of time researching and planning and have what I now think might be strong plumbing design. I’ve attached some photo’s and video to show most of it prior to gluing anything together. It’s a 75 gallon tank with an Eshopps eclipse L overflow. I‘m also using an Eshopps R-100 sump. Using the bean animal setup, I have the main return draining into the first stage/filter sock area of the sump. The second (durzo drain) is draining into the refugium (not 100% sure if it should stay) and it‘ll be just below the water line of the refugium. The third (emergency) drain is draining into the skimmer section (again not 100% sure if it should stay) with the pipe extra high so I can hear the splash if it‘s getting used. My return pump is a Jebao DCP 3500. I’m still waiting on my check valve for the return line, but everything else is ready for feedback. I used several unions and I have the “T” in the return line there for a manifold upgrade at a later date. Please comment with any advice or suggestions. My biggest concern so far is where I’m draining the durzo line and the emergency. Haven’t found much material out there showing the bean animal draining into the eshopps R-100 sump. Thanks!
Several weeks ago I posted a potential plumbing build for my first ever reef tank. I received some great feedback (mostly about drilling the tank), so I took the plunge and had it drilled. I then spent a lot of time researching and planning and have what I now think might be strong plumbing design. I’ve attached some photo’s and video to show most of it prior to gluing anything together. It’s a 75 gallon tank with an Eshopps eclipse L overflow. I‘m also using an Eshopps R-100 sump. Using the bean animal setup, I have the main return draining into the first stage/filter sock area of the sump. The second (durzo drain) is draining into the refugium (not 100% sure if it should stay) and it‘ll be just below the water line of the refugium. The third (emergency) drain is draining into the skimmer section (again not 100% sure if it should stay) with the pipe extra high so I can hear the splash if it‘s getting used. My return pump is a Jebao DCP 3500. I’m still waiting on my check valve for the return line, but everything else is ready for feedback. I used several unions and I have the “T” in the return line there for a manifold upgrade at a later date. Please comment with any advice or suggestions. My biggest concern so far is where I’m draining the durzo line and the emergency. Haven’t found much material out there showing the bean animal draining into the eshopps R-100 sump. Thanks!
