Manifold advice

[Abpanda]

Hello everyone.

I'm new to saltwater and working on plumbing a sump for my 90G. The tank is RR with 2 holes. 1 drain and 1 return.

I'm looking for some advice on how I should be thinking about plumbing my sump. I've put a quick sketch together in paint for reference to what I am currently thinking.




Pump is Sicce 5.0.
1" drain and 1"return.

Return reduces to 3/4 at tank bulkhead, and I'm thinking 1/2" valves at manifold for reactors, etc.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[keddre]

What's RR stand for?

As far as plumbing, I'm a fan of B. If I was to offer a word of advice, I'd say add a ball valve onto the drain line too. You might want to take it offline for whatever reason one day and won't want the pain of redialing.

 

[BigHildy53]

For the return, why do you have two green return lines from the sump? Two pumps?

 

[Abpanda]

I thought our RR meant Reef Ready. As-in, already drilled. I'll take your advice on the ball valve.

As for the second green line to the left of the other, that would be a return to the tank.

 

[BigHildy53]

You don't need the return to sump line. The manifold should end with a line cap. The back pressure is needed to send water to the DT.

 

[Pivitol]

Hello everyone.

I'm new to saltwater and working on plumbing a sump for my 90G. The tank is RR with 2 holes. 1 drain and 1 return.

I'm looking for some advice on how I should be thinking about plumbing my sump. I've put a quick sketch together in paint for reference to what I am currently thinking.




Pump is Sicce 5.0.
1" drain and 1"return.

Return reduces to 3/4 at tank bulkhead, and I'm thinking 1/2" valves at manifold for reactors, etc.

Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks

I run a return and manifold very similar to your option A. However I did not use the 3/4" return hole on the tank and choose to plumb it Herbie style. My return is over the back. As for the valves on the manifold I used 1/2" ball valves and for most of the things you would control they work fine. Where you have a union right before it goes back into the tank I have a true union ball valve serves the same purpose as a union but extra flexibility.

 

[Salty1962]

I believe many folks do something like "A". Less points of potential failure. Less is better! I run something very similar to it on mine.

 

[Abpanda]

You don't need the return to sump line.

I may have to rethink this option.

I run a return and manifold very similar to your option A. However I did not use the 3/4" return hole on the tank and choose to plumb it Herbie style. My return is over the back. As for the valves on the manifold I used 1/2" ball valves and for most of the things you would control they work fine. Where you have a union right before it goes back into the tank I have a true union ball valve serves the same purpose as a union but extra flexibility.

Thanks for the feedback Pivotol. After doing a little reading on the herbie drain method, i may run this on my setup with a return over the back. I currently have a durso pipe.

I read on gmacreef that adding a manifold to a herbie drain setup can add complexity to "tuning" the flow. Can anyone validate this?

I believe many folks do something like "A". Less points of potential failure. Less is better! I run something very similar to it on mine.

This was my original plan Salty. Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Abpanda]

So this is what i'm thinking now. Herbie drain with return over back.

 

[BigHildy53]

I run a manifold with a herbie and I didn't have trouble tuning it. At least no more trouble than a beginner would have. I have a slightly different setup. I have the return to DT teed off the manifold first, before my ball valves to various canister filters. So my manifold ends with a final ball valve. I use the final ball valve for an algae filter. All my ball valves are Cepex true unions.

 

[Abpanda]

I run a manifold with a herbie and I didn't have trouble tuning it. At least no more trouble than a beginner would have. I have a slightly different setup. I have the return to DT teed off the manifold first, before my ball valves to various canister filters. So my manifold ends with a final ball valve. I use the final ball valve for an algae filter. All my ball valves are Cepex true unions.

Thanks for the feedback BH. I'm still reading up on the herbie method to ensure I get it right.

As for the manifold, I'm not completely sold on plumbing the manifold A or B just yet. It will depend on how much space I have in the cabinet.

 

[Abpanda]

Hey everyone. So I've finally gotten around to plumbing my tank.
I've decided to go with the herbie method.
I'd like some feedback on where I am so far. Nothing is glued yet, just fit. Am i moving in th right direction?

Thanks in advance.