Easiest way to plumb into brute container

[WIReefer]

So I have a 15 gallon acrylic frag tank and was wondering what’s the easiest way to plumb the tank into the brute container it’s a 32 gallon brute doesn’t have to be pretty it’s in the basement.

 

[Water Dog]

I like uniseals.

Uniseal Bulkheads

Why does BRS recommend this? Uniseals are one of the secrets in life you wish you knew about years ago. By conforming to round surfaces they allow you to plumb directly into 5 gallon buckets, brute trash cans, or any round surface. They accept standard Sch. 40 or Sch. 80 PVC and allow DIY...

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[ca1ore]

If through the curved sides ….. uniseals. if though the flat bottom ….. regular bulkheads (though uniseals work here too)

 

[WIReefer]

For the tank though should I just drill a hole in the bottom and run pvc to the brute container? The tank has a little built in sump which I will not be using.

 

[MrWheelock]

For the tank though should I just drill a hole in the bottom and run pvc to the brute container? The tank has a little built in sump which I will not be using.

Can you show a picture of the tank?

 

[WIReefer]

Can you show a picture of the tank?

You can see the little sump in the back

 

[WIReefer]

You can see the little sump in the back

And I’ve built and actual stand also and my plan was to have the brute container behind it and plumb it somehow.

 

[MrWheelock]

I had thought about something similar to this when i was looking at adding a display fuge to my tank. What i looked into doing was drilling from the bottom into the return section of the aio and setting up a bean animal or herbie type drain, and using the existing returns to plumb to a pump in the return section of my sump. Something like this. (Excuse the finger drawing as all i have available is my phone.)

Drill a hole for a bulkhead and add return plumbing (blue) and drill 3 holes and add bean animal. Red emeregency white primary and secondary.

Hopes this helps and if someone has other suggestions i hope they chime in.

 

[WIReefer]

I had thought about something similar to this when i was looking at adding a display fuge to my tank. What i looked into doing was drilling from the bottom into the return section of the aio and setting up a bean animal or herbie type drain, and using the existing returns to plumb to a pump in the return section of my sump. Something like this. (Excuse the finger drawing as all i have available is my phone.)

Drill a hole for a bulkhead and add return plumbing (blue) and drill 3 holes and add bean animal. Red emeregency white primary and secondary.

Hopes this helps and if someone has other suggestions i hope they chime in.

Thank you!

 

[MrWheelock]

No problem at all