New Fuge plumbing - Any issues with this?

[butrflynlambie]

I have a fuge that i am plumbing. I am directing the water towards the bottom. Any forseable issue with this?

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Are you feeding this with a pump or with the drain from a tank above it?

 

[butrflynlambie]

Are you feeding this with a pump or with the drain from a tank above it?

This is fed from the return pump and drained back into the sump.

I have a stop gate valve to limit the flow as main volume will go back to display.

 

[butrflynlambie]

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

When you turn off the return pump, you will likely have an issue of the refugium draining all the way down to the level of those outlets which will also likely overflow your sump. You can avoid this by teeing an outlet or drilling a decent sized hole at the water line which will act as a siphon break when the pump is shut off.

 

[butrflynlambie]

When you turn off the return pump, you will likely have an issue of the refugium draining all the way down to the level of those outlets which will also likely overflow your sump. You can avoid this by teeing an outlet or drilling a decent sized hole at the water line which will act as a siphon break when the pump is shut off.

OH MY !! Thanks.. My brain wiffed on this one.

Thank you. I will alter tonight.