Rev's 400+ Gallon Basement Inwall

[singleshot]

Front corner doesn't want to budge!

Is the front corner hitting anything that's not allowing it to move?

 

[J&O'sdad]

It will be a lot easier to move the other side down. You are trying to move a lot of weight.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Looks like I may need a bigger pump as well! Not finished plumbing the inside of the overflow yet but not getting too much water. Sorry for the sideway video!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

I would have agreed with @Floyd R Turbo. LOL I would have drained it first. I get super nervous about those things. :D

 

[rayn]

Single return pump? Could you just add another and have each return pump dedicated to a return pipe?

 

[Stylo328]

Throttle down the overflow. You want to raise the water level in the outer box to keep the system quiet. Irrespective of wether you need more flow or not.

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Throttle down the overflow. You want to raise the water level in the outer box to keep the system quiet. Irrespective of wether you need more flow or not.

I'm not worried about the sound right now. It's as loud as it can be right now and I hear zero in the viewing room! :D

 

[rayn]

Throttle down all you want, but return flow needs to be there.

 

[Stylo328]

I'm not worried about the sound right now. It's as loud as it can be right now and I hear zero in the viewing room! :D

That's awesome [emoji1360]

 

[Nick James]

Sorry for the hi jack, but I have a quick question about the overflow plumbing. I need to plumb my own and was curious if it is detrimental to the siphon to not have a larger drop before the pipe goes horizontal like in your setup. If not my plumbing got a lot easier!

Beautiful set up, love the fish room!

 

[29102016]

How did the levelling go rev? And a Happy new year!!

 

[Alphasig293]

I was going to ask if the Vectra was large enough to handle that, especially since its not sitting directly under the tank. I have a 230 w/ a 125 sump that I'll be setting up this year, and I was thinking that the Vectra should be able to handle that system, I'm planning on putting my sump under the tank.

 

[Justin D]

I have a 350 gallon one side 1/8 off 3 years later still if problem

 

[Justin D]

Do you have styrofoam underneath Aquarium?

 

[rayn]

I don't remember which vectra rev has, but I was running a 120 with a 40 sump right underneath with a vectra m1 and was disappointed with the return flow. Even running full blast.

 

[NeverlosT]

Honestly the Vectra L1 is extremely strong, especially run at full blast. I'd run two of them, but just for redundancy, I would think for water circulation needs one would be plenty.

Looking great rev!

 

[hawkinsrgk]

Looks like I may need a bigger pump as well! Not finished plumbing the inside of the overflow yet but not getting too much water. Sorry for the sideway video!

I have Reef flow hammerhead/barracuda hybrid for my basement and think it would be enough pump for what you need it to do. It drives a 125 and a 180 tank, the skimmer and reactors and still has at least 1000gph left over. I ran into the same problem when I moved and upgraded my system

 

[billw]

Looks like I may need a bigger pump as well! Not finished plumbing the inside of the overflow yet but not getting too much water. Sorry for the sideway video!

It's hard to tell, but it looks like you might have used 1" plumbing on your return. If your return flow is close to what you want, you might consider bumping your return plumbing up a size.

 

[Alphasig293]

"I have Reef flow hammerhead/barracuda hybrid for my basement and think it would be enough pump for what you need it to do. It drives a 125 and a 180 tank, the skimmer and reactors and still has at least 1000gph left over. I ran into the same problem when I moved and upgraded my system"

Yeah I'm thinking that's what I'll be going with! The Vectra just seems under powered for LARGE systems.

 

[chefjpaul]

Did this build come to a hauling stop? 3 days???????