Show us your "Ghost" or "Shadow" style overflow plumbing!

mixer911 · Jan 9, 2017

gus6464 said:
K so that explains perfectly why I had to lower my flow rate to be super low so the setup would stay quiet. I'll send a PM to keep the thread clear.

Yep. That would do it.

ryan32.rc · Jan 15, 2017

mixer911 said:
Here are a couple quick pics of how we plumb the shadow.

1"or 1-1/2?

Daniel@R2R · Jan 16, 2017

Dis thred needs mo pics!!!

n4s · Jan 24, 2017

Dual overflow. Basement sump.

revhtree · Jan 24, 2017

NIce job!

CoralIN · Jan 24, 2017

Thanks to Rick at Synergy and his wonderful wife for this. Here is my Synergy Reef overflow all plumbed up.

mpjmeyer · Feb 2, 2017

cdrewferd · Feb 2, 2017

CoralIN said:
Thanks to Rick at Synergy and his wonderful wife for this. Here is my Ghost overflow all plumbed up.

Do you have a build thread? This looks like an awesome start and I want to read more.

mixer911 · Feb 3, 2017

@cdrewferd here is @CoralIN build thread https://www.reef2reef.com/index.php?threads/225936/

enthejungle · Feb 3, 2017

CoralIN said:
Thanks to Rick at Synergy and his wonderful wife for this. Here is my Ghost overflow all plumbed up.

Is that an overflow running from your fuge back to the return pump? Was that something that Synergy did custom or did you install that? You've got a beautiful sump setup. What's your overall length and water volume?

CoralIN · Feb 5, 2017

enthejungle said:
Is that an overflow running from your fuge back to the return pump? Was that something that Synergy did custom or did you install that? You've got a beautiful sump setup. What's your overall length and water volume?

Yes, the fuge has a custom overflow with a magnetic face to allow for easy maintenance. This was also made by @mixer911 (Rick) at synergy reef.

captainsmitty · Feb 19, 2017

Ahoy there,
I don't know if this has been addressed, but I am curious about the height of the return lines in the tank. Should they be higher, equal or lower than the fins in the siphon box? I have not drilled the returns yet and wanted to find out what the opimal would be. I have a black rim stock 37 gal tank which i have mounted the overflow box at the top of the inside of the tank.
Thanks for the guidance in advance.
Smitty

justingraham · Feb 19, 2017

This is where mine is at right now tagging along to see what to do

justingraham · Feb 19, 2017

If I wanted to raise up the water level in my tank could I make the primary drain 3.5 instead of 2.5 and the secondary drain 5.5 instead of 4.5?

mixer911 · Feb 19, 2017

justingraham said:
If I wanted to raise up the water level in my tank could I make the primary drain 3.5 instead of 2.5 and the secondary drain 5.5 instead of 4.5?

Hey Justin! Since I answered this via email for you, I still want to answer it here incase anyone else has this question.

This answer is:
No, the rear plumbing does not affect the inside tank water level. This is only affected by where the overflow is installed inside the tank. Also more water flow can raise the level as well. Just install it as per the installation video and your water level will be perfect.
The exterior plumbing pipe sizes will be determined by your water flow to make it quiet, it does not affect the interior level. We give you those sizes as a starting point and you may need to slightly modify them for your setup. Do not glue the inside pipes to the overflow or the U-pipes.

justingraham · Feb 19, 2017

mixer911 said:
Hey Justin! Since I answered this via email for you, I still want to answer it here incase anyone else has this question.

This answer is:
No, the rear plumbing does not affect the inside tank water level. This is only affected by where the overflow is installed inside the tank. Also more water flow can raise the level as well. Just install it as per the installation video and your water level will be perfect.
The exterior plumbing pipe sizes will be determined by your water flow to make it quiet, it does not affect the interior level. We give you those sizes as a starting point and you may need to slightly modify them for your setup. Do not glue the inside pipes to the overflow or the U-pipes.

Well I'm sorry I didn't realize that was you on here thanks for all the info here and in the email

mixer911 · Feb 19, 2017

justingraham said:
Well I'm sorry I didn't realize that was you on here thanks for all the info here and in the email

No need to apologize, totally fine. Email is usually quicker for us and I just happened to see this post so I answered while it was fresh in my head. Glad to help anytime!

Water Dog · Mar 15, 2017

What size returns are everyone using? I'm thinking of drilling dual returns for a 36x18x20 tank.

davocean · Mar 15, 2017

CoralIN said:
Thanks to Rick at Synergy and his wonderful wife for this. Here is my Synergy Reef overflow all plumbed up.

Wow, never thought I'd be jealous of someone's overflow and sump system until just now, thanks for raising the bar and giving me something to shoot for in the future!

justingraham · Mar 15, 2017

Water Dog said:
What size returns are everyone using? I'm thinking of drilling dual returns for a 36x18x20 tank.

Well what return pump/pumps are u going to be using make it off of that not what everyone else is doing.

But in saying that if u made the return bulkheads 1 1/4 that would take care of 1 1-4 1 and 3/4 inch returns

Me personally am going over the top thru two sea swirls

Good luck