I am plumbing as I write this

[Brooke24]

Don’t glue the pipe at the end of that elbow. That way you can remove it and cut it down further or replace it with a longer pipe after you get the system running if you need to adjust it. It won’t matter if it leaks a little (or even falls out) since the water will still go into your sump, so glue won’t be necessary for that piece.

Is this depth In the sock alright for the secondary?

 

[Brooke24]

Is this depth In the sock alright for the secondary?

 

[Brett S]

Is this depth In the sock alright for the secondary?

If anything, I think that’s deeper than you need it to be. It won’t hurt anything being that deep, but it might be easier if you cut the pipe a bit shorter.

 

[don_chuwish]

It just needs to be about 1" under the water level. You don't want it splashing into the sock or it'll be crazy loud and you'll have salt creep everywhere.

 

[Brooke24]

It just needs to be about 1" under the water level. You don't want it splashing into the sock or it'll be crazy loud and you'll have salt creep everywhere.

If anything, I think that’s deeper than you need it to be. It won’t hurt anything being that deep, but it might be easier if you cut the pipe a bit shorter.

Ok, thanks!

 

[theMeat]

I have a question. I am gonna run secondary in primary both into my filter socks, but if they are too far down I can’t take out my filter socks to clean them. I am having trouble understand what U guys mean, because I’m using pipes so the secondary cant only be part submerged. The one my dad is holding in this picture is secondary. Is this ok? Then the primary will run fully submerged.

Sorry, confusing. The above post with primary fully submerged, secondary less than half submerged was regarding what should be happening in overflow box outside of m/attached to tank.
In the sump the primary and secondary ideally are both submerged about an inch to avoid splashing/noise. You could leave final piece out of elbow (the one going into sock) unglued so you can remove it to get sock out

 

[Brooke24]

If anything, I think that’s deeper than you need it to be. It won’t hurt anything being that deep, but it might be easier if you cut the pipe a bit shorter.

Also, i can run it like this right?I don’t have the middle fitting, but I do have 90 degree pvc. Since I’m doing bean animal, I can do exactly as shown below, correct? By that I mean I shouldn’t need 90 degree pvc for both primary and secondary, right?

 

[Brooke24]

Sorry, confusing. The above post with primary fully submerged, secondary less than half submerged was regarding what should be happening in overflow box outside of tank.
In the sump the primary and secondary ideally are both submerged about an inch to avoid splashing/noise. You could leave final piece out of elbow (the one going into sock) unglued so you can remove it to get sock out

Ohhh ! No problem. So like this? To where I will only need 90 pvc on the secondary?

 

[theMeat]

Ohhh ! No problem. So like this? To where I will only need 90 pvc on the secondary?

Yup, that works.
Don’t glue anything inside overflow box. Just snug fit and good.

 

[Brooke24]

Sorry, confusing. The above post with primary fully submerged, secondary less than half submerged was regarding what should be happening in overflow box outside of m/attached to tank.
In the sump the primary and secondary ideally are both submerged about an inch to avoid splashing/noise. You could leave final piece out of elbow (the one going into sock) unglued so you can remove it to get sock out

That length ok for emergency? That’s my actual overflow

 

[Brooke24]

Yup, that works.
Don’t glue anything inside overflow box. Just snug fit and good.

Ok, thank you!

 

[theMeat]

That length ok for emergency? That’s my actual overflow

Should be ok. Hard to tell until you get water flowing. Would not want to go much higher/close to top. Could always make primary and secondary lower so that emergency is above water

 

[Brooke24]

Should be ok. Hard to tell until you get water flowing. Would not want to go much higher/close to top. Could always make primary and secondary lower so that emergency is above water

Right, that’s what I’m doing. I’m only putting a 90 on the secondary, none on primary and completely submerging it.

 

[theMeat]

Hey brooke, how’d you make out?
Got water running yet?
Let’s see some pics