Red Sea 350 Plumbing Help

[phixman]

Hello everyone, I recently decided that I want to hard plumb my tank, but I'm a noob when it comes to plumbing. Some people offered to do it for me for about $150-200 + the cost of the supplies, but I want to try to do it myself ot save money for my aquarium top.

Anyways, I have a Red Sea 350, I've spent hours looking at videos and looking through forums with no real success. So here I am asking the pros.

Here is a look at what I want to do:

I have a list of equipment that I think would work, but I'm not sure. I also have the Vectra M1 for my return pump. I basically want to do all the main plumbing with gates and do the reactors last. I'm just not sure if 1inch pvc would work on my m1, and I just don't know what to use to connect directly to my Red Sea 350 at the end.

List:
*1/2" PVC Socket Gate Valve Spears 2022-005 ***this would connect from the 1inch 40 PVC 90 Elbow to the reactors**

*1/2 in. x 5 ft. Furniture Grade Sch. 40 PVC Pipe in Blue ***Reactors pvc which would connect from the socket valves to the reactors**
Model #P012FGP-BL-5
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Formufi...ch-40-PVC-Pipe-in-Blue-P012FGP-BL-5/205171567

*1 in. x 5 ft. Furniture Grade Sch. 40 PVC Pipe in Blue **main pvc from vectra to Red Sea plumbing**
Model #P001FGP-BL-5
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Formufi...ch-40-PVC-Pipe-in-Blue-P001FGP-BL-5/205171569

1" Schedule 40 PVC Tee - Socket x Socket x Socket (401-010) **These would connect from the main 1inch pvc to the gate valves***
https://www.pvcfittingsonline.com/1-schedule-40-pvc-tee-socket-x-socket-x-socket-401-010.html

1" Sch 40 PVC 90 Elbow Soc 406-010 **For the 1in pvc to make turns**
https://www.pvcfittingsonline.com/1-schedule-40-pvc-tee-socket-x-socket-x-socket-401-010.html

Also, what are these for ? I see people using them all the time
https://www.pvcfittingsonline.com/fittings/schedule-40-pvc/unions.html


These would be my reactors, for carbon and GFO, I need two.
https://www.marinedepot.com/AquaMax...ao65xKUKJGQoVZq77dSh00L6b0GiexXYaAgxoEALw_wcB


Thanks in advance... really appreciate the help, I hope this helps people in the future.

 

[JoshH]

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[phixman]

Thanks for the reply, do you know where I'd be abe to get the socket or spigot from 1" to 1/2"? I can't seem to find any.

 

[JoshH]

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[phixman]

Thank you, you're a beauty. I was also hoping you could possibly get me out of a hole. Do you know if the 1" T's will fit the 1"PVC? Or do I need to buy a bit bigger T's to make sure the PVC fits inside them. Also, what's the difference between schedule 80 and schedule 40?

 

[George Lopez]

Schedule 40 and 80 can use the same fittings. The difference is the wall thickness (80 holds more pressure) but both have the same outside diameter.

 

[Flexin]

Have you put together a diagram of your system?

 

[JoshH]

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[phixman]

Thank you everyone for the replies, I updated some of the list of items, but can't edit my post. I changed tubing to 3/4" since that's the output of the vectra m1, I heard 1" would be better for more flow, but I think 3/4" will do just fine to power my Red Sea 350, 2 reactors and a chaeto reactor. As I said, I want to do the basic structure for now, then plumb the reactors in the future after the main plumbing is done. I'm having my ATO reservoir drilled and turned into a chaeto reactor which would be plumbed into since I'm having a 10g reservoir made for ATO.

Not sure what kind of diagram I should of done, but this is what I did:

 

[ellenRN]

Any updates? I would love to see how it turned out! We are currently cycling our 350 and I am checking out everyone's cabinets! Have a great day, Ellen

 

[pudinh]

I just my 350 and started the hard plumbing work, i'll post pictures in just a bit to show you how it looks dry fitted.

 

[pudinh]

Havnt decided if this is the final design yet, but I have the gate valves and planning to put two reactors in.