Djordan719
Community Member
Did some searching and didn’t find anything about this. Probably because I’m overthinking this and it’s a unneeded discussion.
My 10’x3’x2’ peninsula tank finally arrived. Along with it came a 6’ sump. The DT has an overflow on one side, 2 returns and 4 drains drilled in the overflow.
Apparently my measurements were incorrect and I won’t be able to use the powerheads I wanted on the overflow side of the tank because the overflow box is too wide. As such I’m making changes to how I planned to move water around the DT. I’m thinking I can change the orientation of the sump so that water drains from the DT to the far side of the sump (the sump is positioned directly below the DT) and that way the return pump will be directly below the return lines and not have to run 6ft back to the tank and have less 90 degree elbows. That should reduce head pressure and thus more flow in the 10’ tank.
I can’t think of any issues with this, however every time I see pictures of setups like mine I see the drain lines from the DT running straight down to the sump and the return pump on the far side. I bet I’m overthinking this and there is no reason not to do it the way I’m planning, however, before I fill this thing up I thought I’d reach out on here and maybe learn from other’s experience. Is there an issue with this I’m overlooking?
My 10’x3’x2’ peninsula tank finally arrived. Along with it came a 6’ sump. The DT has an overflow on one side, 2 returns and 4 drains drilled in the overflow.
Apparently my measurements were incorrect and I won’t be able to use the powerheads I wanted on the overflow side of the tank because the overflow box is too wide. As such I’m making changes to how I planned to move water around the DT. I’m thinking I can change the orientation of the sump so that water drains from the DT to the far side of the sump (the sump is positioned directly below the DT) and that way the return pump will be directly below the return lines and not have to run 6ft back to the tank and have less 90 degree elbows. That should reduce head pressure and thus more flow in the 10’ tank.
I can’t think of any issues with this, however every time I see pictures of setups like mine I see the drain lines from the DT running straight down to the sump and the return pump on the far side. I bet I’m overthinking this and there is no reason not to do it the way I’m planning, however, before I fill this thing up I thought I’d reach out on here and maybe learn from other’s experience. Is there an issue with this I’m overlooking?
