revised 10g sump plan and overflow

[reeftankgirl13]

I will have to see I haven't started doing anything to the filter just yet

 

[Dana]

I got mine running.
Nothing in it yet really tho
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ua7WKx4OxD0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[reeftankgirl13]

I think that your baffles may be to far apart. I THINK

How far apart should they be? And how far apart for the bubble trap?

 

[Dana]

1" for bubble trap. Or that's what typically is done, but I'm not sure if and why it would matter.

 

[reeftankgirl13]

I didn't think it would matter either and then they had me worrying that I had already messed up after I just started lol. Buy I think that's what my sketch say for bubble trap. Now time to work on it some more baby is in bed. Basically my only free time is at night lol

 

[reeftankgirl13]

Yay! First piece of bubble trap and third piece of whatever you call the part to the left lol.

 

[reeftankgirl13]

And my dog in the background lol just noticed that

 

[Dana]

Looks like you're moving along

 

[Dana]

And my dog in the background lol just noticed that

Is that a bendy boxer?

 

[dwolson2]

Did you drill your display yet? I would run a herbie or bean animal overflow. Best types out there.

 

[Dana]

Is that a bendy boxer?

Nevermind it's not a boxer

 

[reeftankgirl13]

No she is a brindle red nose pit so pretty! She my girl! That's kind of a lowlight pic of her cuz well it wasn't supposed to be of her but a little off topic here is what she looks like. My pride and joy lol

 

[reeftankgirl13]

Did you drill your display yet? I would run a herbie or bean animal overflow. Best types out there.

I have a low budget so I'm converting my HOB filter into an overflow and not drilling this time. Maybe my next project down the road

 

[reeftankgirl13]

Okay back to fish tanks only need one more piece of my bubble trap then while that is drying I will start converting my HOB filter into an overflow. Question! I was told not to use two pumps cuz they will never be equally taking water out and putting water in but hear me out. If I drill a 1" hole in the bottom of the HOB filter (in the right water holding section. refer to pic) and run a pvc to sump won't the excess water just "overflow" back into DT if the pump sucks out too many gph and doesn't equal the return? The pipe will only let so much water drain out at once so if the return equals the amount drained out it should work right?

 

[Dana]

It could theoretically work, just make sure to put a ball valve on your return to control flow into your tank. As long as the pump in your hob filter can do more than your sump return it may work. So if the sump is putting more water into your display tank than the filter is able to pump out that's gonna be the problem.
I've found out, that even with a proper overflow box, it does take quite a bit of fine tuning to get everything working in harmony, but I see what you're doing, and am interested in see the results. Test your system first. I found a cooler makes a good test tank to hang a filter on

 

[reeftankgirl13]

I might even do a 1/2" pipe draining cuz the return is going to be a tube 1/4" tube from my pump is( a marineland convertable from power head to circ pump) in the directions the middle diagram shows it as a return pump for a sump setup so I'm going to try that out and cross my fingers

 

[reeftankgirl13]

The return pump is 110 gph and the HOB filter pumps at 170 gph so it shoooould work we will see I'll try to post a video on YouTube when I get it going

 

[Dana]

It depends how far below your dt the sump is. Those marineland pumps have a head height of like 2ft max. So unless the sump is at the same height as your dt the gph is going to go down by the foot. If your sump is say 2ft below its only gonna do 30-40 gph. At 4ft below its not even gonna get the water into your tank

 

[Dana]

Looks like the max head height is 3ft

 

[reeftankgirl13]

oooh I see okay so it will be 2 feet under max I will post a pic later when I set it where it is going, might even be just a foot from the bottom of the dt to the bottom(which is where the pump sits) of the sump. I can always prop it up higher so I can get max gph. so with that being said I will want a smaller drain pipe?