Hooking up to frag tanks to one sump

[Seasidenj]

I have 2 90 gallon frag tanks and want to connect to same sump.I am setting up a Herbie system for both tanks going into sump.each tank has two 1/14 drains.I am plumbing 1 of each of the drains to the sump direct and was going to t the emergency drains together.Each tank have (2) 3/4 returns.I am using one pump and was wondering how to do that cause I'll will have to t it 4 times and dont think I will get equal flow.Can anyone give me some help.Thank you guys in advance

 

[ca1ore]

You don't need to get equal flow necessarily …. unless you're really OCD . As long as the diverted flow to each tank remains consistent, you can just tune each herbie drain system. Just keep in mind that a four way split puts added back pressure on the pump so make sure to select one that's up to the challenge.

 

[DJF]

Using ball valves on each of your returns will help you even the flow out

 

[Seasidenj]

You don't need to get equal flow necessarily …. unless you're really OCD . As long as the diverted flow to each tank remains consistent, you can just tune each herbie drain system. Just keep in mind that a four way split puts added back pressure on the pump so make sure to select one that's up to the challenge.

Would a ecotech l1 or reef octopus varios 8 work

 

[Seasidenj]

Using ball valves on each of your returns will help you even the flow out

Should I do ball valve at the t's on the returns or after.If I do before the t's I would only need 2 ball valves or after i would need 4

 

[DJF]

Should I do ball valve at the t's on the returns or after.If I do before the t's I would only need 2 ball valves or after i would need 4

Use ball valves anywhere you want to restrict the flow (making it push out elsewhere). I typically have a ball valve on isolated on each individual return so I can play with the flow on any of them.