Did i fail my plumbing?

[Christoball]

Guess we will disagree here. Have 10ppi to keep return pump section clear in my sump. Have to clean it weekly to keep water from building up. To me drilling another hole or running a single drain of adequate diameter to avoid a flood is cheaper and easier

I was trying to avoid the cost of an overflowbox as every reefing equipment is ***** exapensive here in norway! safe and «good enough» was my intended goal.

 

[Tenecor Aquariums]

I was trying to avoid the cost of an overflowbox as every reefing equipment is ***** exapensive here in norway! safe and «good enough» was my intended goal.

For your size tank, one of our boxes would have cost about $25 CNC machined. One piece. Corner mount. Sounds like we need to advertise..

I am more interested in your little frag build. We throw away about 2,000 pounds of scrap acrylic per month because the pieces are too small. Those pieces would be perfect for DIY frags..

 

[Christoball]

For your size tank, one of our boxes would have cost about $25 CNC machined. One piece. Corner mount. Sounds like we need to advertise..

I am more interested in your little frag build. We throw away about 2,000 pounds of scrap acrylic per month because the pieces are too small. Those pieces would be perfect for DIY frags..

Happy to inspire

 

[theMeat]

I was trying to avoid the cost of an overflowbox as every reefing equipment is ***** exapensive here in norway! safe and «good enough» was my intended goal.

With a single drain you have air and water going down the same pipe. This is why you have noise. If you add another drain pipe one can be a full siphon (with a valve needed), and the other a secondary drain. This will be quiet. Google herbie drain for more info here,
A siphon break hole on your full siphon drain and your return line is cheap and easy insurance.

 

[ClownSchool]

I have some homework for you. Read this and report back:

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This design is amazing! Thank you!

 

[5G Reefer]

For your size tank, one of our boxes would have cost about $25 CNC machined. One piece. Corner mount. Sounds like we need to advertise..

I am more interested in your little frag build. We throw away about 2,000 pounds of scrap acrylic per month because the pieces are too small. Those pieces would be perfect for DIY frags..

I would love to just buy the scraps how much would you charge for like 10 1-3 foot sections of the cut offs

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

This design is amazing! Thank you!

The Herbie design is also great and requires only 2 drain holes.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Hi! Even tho i am a fairly new hobbyist i have come to the step where i am setting up a frag tank. My initial idea was to do this very easy and simple, but i think i may have already messed up… i would love to get you guys opinion to set this up correctly.

first, let my explain what my idea was and the what i actually want out of this plumbing.

I have this acrylic tank (23x18x8 inches) that i want to plumb to my maintank sump. (I will be moving it to this spot where the bucket it) i thought i could use a controlable dc pump up to the fragtank and adjust the power to match the drain. And here does the problem start for me.
The return plumbing is a 19mm hose to 20mm (1/2”?) piping. This i think is all good. But for plumbing i went for a 25mm (3/4”?) single drain and a ball valve. I did this because i thought it would be easy to controle the water level and noise in the fragtank. This has proven to be an impossible task for me! Haha. I simply cannot make it quite and have a steady water level. It either overflows or makes alot of noise. AND i can hardly push a normal amount of flow through the return with out it overflowing. Even with the valve completly open.

so what have a done wrong? Is it as simple of a solution to fix this by doing 1" (32mm?) for return instead?

and for safety i am defenitly doing an emergency drain. Because this project makes me nervous already!! Haha!

would it be possible to re-drill the existing bulk head hole to fit an 1” bulk head? And would it be possible to use the 25mm piping for en emergancy overflow?

I will add some more picture incase i made my self unclear.

thanks! Chris.

In addition to all the other advice, ditch the ball valve and add a gate valve instead. Much easier to make fine adjustments with a gate.

 

[5G Reefer]

In addition to all the other advice, ditch the ball valve and add a gate valve instead. Much easier to make fine adjustments with a gate.
The second drain is just a backup right

 

[theMeat]

In addition to all the other advice, ditch the ball valve and add a gate valve instead. Much easier to make fine adjustments with a gate.
The second drain is just a backup right

No. The second drain is the secondary. On BeanAnimal design there is a third drain that is an emergency back up