Poll: How do you feed your manifold?

[lbacha]

a flow meter would be nice where did You install?

The manifold essentially has 4 ball valves with the last being the return. I put the flow meter there. I'm considering getting a second for my reactor as that does slow over time so it would be good to see it's flow

 

[ca1ore]

I use a dedicated pump. I need every GPH I can out of my main pump.

 

[cracker]

The manifold essentially has 4 ball valves with the last being the return. I put the flow meter there. I'm considering getting a second for my reactor as that does slow over time so it would be good to see it's flow

 

[cracker]

Thanks At the end gives you an idea of how much turn over You have .

 

[Vanmo92]

Just finished the plumbing on my new 92. Hope to transfer livestock in 3 weeks.

 

[Mag]

This is my set up nothing fancy but it dose the job

 

[lbacha]

Thanks At the end gives you an idea of how much turn over You have .

Yep, I'm more concerned about DT turnover than what goes through the reactors so I put the flow meter there. Since it is part of fusion I can easily see if the flow has been reduced for some reason.

 

[Ross Petersen]

I have a separate DC pump powering my external skimmer and manifold system. The return pump just returns water to the tank.

However what I did was plumb them in a way where I can take one pump offline (cleaning, it broke, etc) and by simply opening a few valves I can run the entire system off of one pump if needed.

Redundancy!

I'm contemplating this option as well. New in the game though. How would you achieve that? The manifold pump would be T'd off to the return plumbing with a quality ball valve? I guess the return line would itself half to have a ball valve to ensure water doesn't flow into the pump? Thinking out loud here... Kind thanks!

 

[Ross Petersen]

I feed a manifold with the return pump. So far, all I feed is the refugium. Not the best in my Op would rather use raw water for that. However my situation needed the compromise. Just remember everyu piece of equipment one uses takes away from the turn over rate.

Contemplating myself feeding the refugium using a manifold off the return line. What was the big downside for you? What do you mean by "raw water"? Cheers & thx

 

[DarkSky]

I'm contemplating this option as well. New in the game though. How would you achieve that? The manifold pump would be T'd off to the return plumbing with a quality ball valve? I guess the return line would itself half to have a ball valve to ensure water doesn't flow into the pump? Thinking out loud here... Kind thanks!

I designed the plumbing like a capital 'H' - both pumps sit next to one another. There are 5 total ball valves, one above each pump, then the two 'T' PVC pipes pointed at one another to make the middle of the 'H' - with a ball valve in the middle. Then another ball valve above each of the 'T' PVC pipes.

Normally, the middle ball valve is closed and the two valves on each of the legs of the 'H' are open, feeding the manifold and aquarium.

When I need to take one off for maintenance, I close the valve above the pump in question and open the middle valve.

 

[Devaji]

"how do you feed my manifold ?" me I take it out for a nice dinner maybe mexican or thi and a couple glasses of wine and hope I get lucky.....


and it works..lol