Approve Plumbing Before Glue

[Hasted]

Finishing up plumbing on a new build (hopefully) and hoping to get a stamp of approval prior to gluing.

This is a Seapora Reef Ready tank (Durso stock to barbed bulkheads) that I modified into a Herbie with hard plumbing.

One Bulkhead is 1" (main) and the other is 3/4" (emergency).

Main goes (1" for all):
1" Bulkhead
90° Elbow
Union
90° Elbow
Gate Valve
Union
Sump's stock piping (red, into their 1" bulkhead)

Emergency goes (3/4" until sump):
3/4" Bulkhead
Union
90° Elbow
90° Elbow
3/4" to 1" Bushing
1" Union
Sump's stock piping (red, into their 1" bulkhead)

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I then have the return line up and over the side of the tank.

I have clips and hangars to hols each pipe up.

Less relevant, my return from sump side.

That silicone tube will be in a barb fitting with a plastic clamp here in a sec. Had to run to get it.

Inside the overflow box:

This is where I changed the stock plumbing.

Main is parts from the stock plumbing.
Strainer to a reducer that fits into the 1" bulkhead. I WILL be adding a pipe to bump this up a lot (less than Emergency) to have less drain into sump when pump is off.

Emergency is just the 3/4" pipe. Nothing special.

Alright! So, how does everything look? Any glaring issues? Especially the 1" drain and 3/4" emergency.

 

[Kfactor]

i would redo the return lines but am ocd about that stuff lol

 

[Rubberfrog]

That overflow box is going to be noisy

 

[Hasted]

i would redo the return lines but am ocd about that stuff lol

How would you do it?

That overflow box is going to be noisy

Why so?

 

[Rubberfrog]

That's a long way for water to fall before it goes into that short drain.

 

[Hasted]

That's a long way for water to fall before it goes into that short drain.

Oh for sure. I will be bumping it up a lot to be right under emergency drain.

Main is parts from the stock plumbing.
Strainer to a reducer that fits into the 1" bulkhead. I WILL be adding a pipe to bump this up a lot (less than Emergency) to have less drain into sump when pump is off.

This will help with noise by keeping the water level inside the chamber closer to their tank, correct?

 

[Rubberfrog]

Oh for sure. I will be bumping it up a lot to be right under emergency drain.



This will help with noise by keeping the water level inside the chamber closer to their tank, correct?

Yes. The less distance the water "falls" the less noise you will hear

 

[Hasted]

Yes. The less distance the water "falls" the less noise you will hear

Perfect! That will be covered (ran out of pipe prior to pic)!! Thanks!!
See anything else?

 

[KStatefan]

I would switch the main and emergency

 

[Hasted]

I would switch the main and emergency

And make the main only a 3/4" pipe? Why so? Will a 3/4" be able to keep up?

This is an 80g tank if that matters.

 

[InvaderJim]

I would make the vertical pipe on your return line longer so you only need one 90 instead of two.

 

[Hasted]

I would make the vertical pipe on your return line longer so you only need one 90 instead of two.

Only reason I did that is so I could clamp it to the wood and be nice and secure. Does yours clamp anywhere?

 

[InvaderJim]

I used a little pipe clamp I 3d printed. It's mounted about right there the elbow is on your, and actually keeps the whole thing pretty stable. My return line goes down far enough so that the piping actually rests on the black rim of my sump for some extra stability.

 

[Hasted]

I used a little pipe clamp I 3d printed. It's mounted about right there the elbow is on your, and actually keeps the whole thing pretty stable. My return line goes down far enough so that the piping actually rests on the black rim of my sump for some extra stability.

I can probably add something behind sump to clamp the pipe to.

Do you suggest that just so I lose less pressure from the 90s?

 

[InvaderJim]

I can probably add something behind sump to clamp the pipe to.

Do you suggest that just so I lose less pressure from the 90s?

Yea thats really the only reason. Bends in the plumbing will definitely lead to pressure loss but with that short of a return line it likely wont matter a ton.

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

You can’t ask a plumbing question on R2R if you ever want to be done.

 

[Hasted]

Yea thats really the only reason. Bends in the plumbing will definitely lead to pressure loss but with that short of a return line it likely wont matter a ton.

My return is a Varios6 (1720 gph) so not the end of the world if some loss.

I will still try to find an aesthetic way to lose some 90s there. Thanks!

Anything else you see? You are the person I checked out to see if Herbie was possible so definitely want your opinion!

 

[Hasted]

You can’t ask a plumbing question on R2R if you ever want to be done.

Ha! I have been working on this since December. I am in no rush. I'm sure I will do something dumb and add another week on to the build time anyway... but what?

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

Your overflow is fine IMO. You want a herbie to drizzle into the emergency drain just barely. I might even drop the emergency drain a touch.

 

[Jeffcb]

Just do it!