Plumbing

[Papa]

I did the plumbing on my friends 75 gallon let me know what u guys think this is the 3 tank I do and I learn more and more from every tank I do

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[redfishbluefish]

Are my eyes deceiving me? I think I’m seeing a sump with three walls all white, along with the bottom, with the front a clear material. The baffles are a mix of white and black panels??? What’s it made of, and where did you get it? If it’s a DIY…..details please.


Also, it looks like a loop in the “feed” line coming from theDT. That’s intriguing. Why did you do that…..does it cut down on noise of water flowing into the sump?

 

[Papa]

We got the sump from a guy that makes them here locally in Miami he makes them out of acrylic and starboard he does very nice work the I do that to the drain to reduce noise I personally think it does help with the noise I have it like that on my 60 gallon and my 220

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[SeymourDuncan]

As long as it flows it looks good to me! I like the solid colors. Are you putting a lit refugium down there?


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[Eggs]

The only things I may be considered about is the loop in the hose - and the possibility of debris building up in the bottom portion of the loop. And the use of a check-valve - it doesn't take much debris to cause them to fail.

 

[Papa]

That's true the only thing I wish I could have had done was hard line it with a check valve but he didn't know whether he was gonna go with a sock or floss


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[SeymourDuncan]

I don't have a check valve on my tank and I have a sump in the basement. I have a lot of flood space though. 55g tank that is always 3/7th of the way full.


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[Jlobes]

check valves are a serious issue. If you are relying on them for your sole flood protection. a well designed system will not "need" any check valves in place. They can and do fail at the most inopportune times. Also, it doesn't take much to keep one of those valves open and flowing.

 

[SeymourDuncan]

Heck sometimes the back flow from the siphon washes out crud in the plumbing. I get nice clumps of algae sometimes


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[Mike J.]

If you're seriously asking for a critique, I would have put a union on both sides of the check valve, so you can clean it. Although, I personally don't use check valves. Also, I agree that the bottom of the loop is a great place for debris to collect.

 

[Papa]

I have had a check valve on my other tank that was a 110 for about 6 years I never had a problem with the check valve and I frequently turn my pumps off to change socks the loop on the drain is just for now till my friend gets the filter sock that he wants to run then I'm gonna try to hard line the drain side with PVC. More pics coming soon ....


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[jasonrodreef]

Looks good..Like some said tank done properly will not need a check valve. Theres no problem in adding one to keep water level higher in the display in case power goes out. Im sure that set up will run for a long time no problem. Maybe every now and then move the drain to get and junky from the bottom part of hose. Though i dout you will have much...
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[Papa]

Thanks .... I'm new to reef to reef how do I add friends


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[jasonrodreef]

I have no clue....still havent figured out had to add the quote to rely to a certan thing.
Let me try somethin

 

[KoleTang]

How does he bond acrylic to starboard?

Check valves have the potential to stay open for weeks on end. A little piece of gunk and you have a flood. All you have to do is make sure your return is a bit under the water so it does not splash, but not too deep so you don't overflow your sump. It will back siphon for a minute and then it will reach air and the siphon will break.

 

[JPG@CFI]

I don't think you can bond Starboard to anything. It's too slick. I heard you can bond it to itself, but I have no need to do that, so I haven't tried. J

 

[AZDesertRat]

Check valves are not advised in this hobby, they are a false sense of security and can and will fail. Remove the check valve and make sure the returns are close to the surface so only a small easily measured amount of water back siphons in a power outage and maintain at least that much freeboard in the sump and you can sleep soundly at night with no worries of a flood. It does n;t have to be a catastrophic failure, even a trickle from some slime on the valve seat or a grain of sand or small snail will defeat the check valve. It also adds headloss on the pump reducing its flow.
Also why the loop in the overflow? This is a restriction and could, no probably will, lead to problems. You want a straight unrestricted overflow from the dispolay to the sump os it gravity feeds smoothly with a laminar flow.

 

[Papa]

That was there till he got his socks I'm planing on running it str8 down with hard line PVC


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[justgotwet]

Great looking sump!

 

[Engloid]

If you're seriously asking for a critique, I would have put a union on both sides of the check valve, so you can clean it. Although, I personally don't use check valves. Also, I agree that the bottom of the loop is a great place for debris to collect.

if the top side of the valve has threads on it you only need one union. My guess is it does or he wouldnt have used just one union there.