Tips and thoughts on plumbing plan

[jayylane]

Hello all, long time lurker here. We've recently bought a house and I'm planning the installation and setup of a Planet Aquarium Mega Matrix 150 gallon (60"x24"x25"). I'm planning to have the tank in the dining room area with a remote sump in the utility room on the other side of the kitchen. I've sketched out what I'm thinking about doing and would like some thoughts.

Directly behind where the tank will be is the kitchen and then adjacent the utility room. I'm currently planning on punching through into the cabinet behind the wall and then through to the utility room with all three lines. There is plenty of space at the back of the cabinets that I'm planning on routing the plumbing through and no huge obstacles that I foresee.

Any thoughts or advice?

 

[Gumbies R Us]

@BeanAnimal

 

[BeanAnimal]

I am not sure what the standpipe configuration on that tank is. The sump will need to be on the floor. I would go with as large a sump as possible. Maybe a rubbermaid stock tank.

What are you proposing as a return pump?

 

[jayylane]

MEGA Matrix 150 w/ 6" x 15" Internal Overflow - 2 x 1" drains, 2 x 3/4" returns (will be plumbing the returns together).

Right now I have a Sicce Syncra 9.0 that I'm planning on using, but open to suggestions. For the sump I have an eshopps RS-300 that I picked up for free that I was planning on using, or I've been looking at something like the Triton 44 V2 Sump. I use a filter roller so I need something that I can make work with that (or in the case of the eshopps, alter because it was free). The sump will be going on the floor in the utility room.

I plan on plumbing in a ~20 gallon container next to the sump as well for added capacity and easier water changes.

I am not sure what the standpipe configuration on that tank is. The sump will need to be on the floor. I would go with as large a sump as possible. Maybe a rubbermaid stock tank.

What are you proposing as a return pump?