RedSea Reefer XL 425 Plumbing Issues

[diver22]

Hi, I just got a Reefer XL 425, but was just the tank and stand no plumbing, besides buying the plumbing from redsea which is very pricey, I would like to kknow if I can plumb it with standard PVC, but I'm not sure because they use threaded pipes inside the overflow. Any help would be great...

What I'm looking for are the following:

1 - Pipe thickness 3/4" or 1"
2 - How long is each piece seems it has 3 holes for pipes... what is what ...

What you see obstructed is the cabinet need to move tank forward a bit.. lol

Thank you for any help... Below Picture is inside the overflow box

 

[FUNGI]

Here is the manual:
https://g1.redseafish.com/wp-conten...eefer-XL-425-Cabinet-Aquarium-Manual_v20a.pdf with page 2 showing the plumbing. The piping is metric. There are kits available to convert to standard and kits available to allow for barbed connections instead of hard plumbing into sump

 

[diver22]

I started wondering and pricing out the plumbing and decided mod it to standard 1"... With a drum sander attachment for my drill i kinda bored out the current plumbing hole. I opened it for a 1" bulk head, once you open it the inside lip comes right off so you have a flat surface for the bulkhead.
To be honest the inside plumbing kit with metric to standard adapters was costing me 325.00, a 4 pack of 1" bulkheads cost me 15.00 bucks huge difference.

Here are some pictures I took...

 

[FUNGI]

I follow as I will need to do the

I started wondering and pricing out the plumbing and decided mod it to standard 1"... With a drum sander attachment for my drill i kinda bored out the current plumbing hole. I opened it for a 1" bulk head, once you open it the inside lip comes right off so you have a flat surface for the bulkhead.
To be honest the inside plumbing kit with metric to standard adapters was costing me 325.00, a 4 pack of 1" bulkheads cost me 15.00 bucks huge difference.

Here are some pictures I took...

same soon.......

 

[FUNGI]

The inside lip was just siliconed down?

 

[diver22]

No the lip inside when sanding the hole was so thin it pilled right off... See picture... With a 1" drum sander on the drill took me 45 minutes slowly to bore out all that stuff.

 

[FUNGI]

BRO.....take pictures.......lots of people want to do this.....LOL

 

[FUNGI]

No the lip inside when sanding the hole was so thin it pilled right off... See picture... With a 1" drum sander on the drill took me 45 minutes slowly to bore out all that stuff.

Would it be easier just to sand the ingoing PVC pipe ?

 

[FUNGI]

I planned on using this. Top and bottom (out and in). Glued into the bulkhead.......sanded down to fit....thoughts please

 

[diver22]

Hey is what I used, nothing fancy, and when then bulkhead slides in that top inside lip is thin as paper... here is what i used and all is done through the bottom of tank...

 

[diver22]

I planned on using this. Top and bottom (out and in). Glued into the bulkhead.......sanded down to fit....thoughts please

I think bulkheads is the way to go, is super simple, took me no more than 45 minutes to do all 3 if that, and if you still have a little lip, bring it down with a dremel. softly.

 

[FUNGI]

Image 5516 is the actual bulkhead removed yes?

 

[diver22]

Image 5516 is the actual bulkhead removed yes?

That is the new bulkhead I purchased just removed it to take picture... to show you guys... super simple... you just bore it out until bulkhead fits...

 

[diver22]

This is what I got...

 

[FUNGI]

 

[FUNGI]

Image 5518. That top plastic just comes off once bulkheads are removed....not stuck down...correct?

 

[diver22]

I did not remove anything, the plastic plate is still in place all I did with a 1” drum sander put it on my drill and opened the hole to fit my bulkhead you see in picture… the inside plate is still there, when you open the hole the inside plate has a lip that will come off when opening hole gets really thin as pictures above.

The bulkhead you see are my news one if not the three holes will look like the one in the left.

 

[FUNGI]

Ok understood. Thanks

 

[FUNGI]

are you hard plumbing the exit and returns?

 

[diver22]

Yes, I’m thinking of it… I might just use a piece of hose for the return depending where it lands