Sump Plumbing

Babyback · Dec 3, 2021

Hi folks, looking for a bit of feedback on plumbing a new sump.

Is there any reason these sweep elbows (both, from out of the weir and into the sump) are a bad idea?

I wanted to add a union for eventual maintenance and the sweeps seems to add a better flow, at least to me...

JumboShrimp · Dec 3, 2021

I don’t see any problem with that. If in the future you ever want to go with hard plumbing, you can get that same curve with what are called 45° “street elbows.” But you look good for now, so congratulations and I hope you have a lot of fun enjoying your tank.

JumboShrimp · Dec 3, 2021

Give us more photos as you go. (“Build thread”?) Are you in Orange County Fla., or Cal? If you are in Orange County Fla., you are in LFS heaven! Lol.

Babyback · Dec 3, 2021

JumboShrimp said:
I don’t see any problem with that. If in the future you ever want to go with hard plumbing, you can get that same curve with what are called 45° “street elbows.” But you look good for now, so congratulations and I hope you have a lot of fun enjoying your tank.

Great, thanks for the speedy reply! I like the idea of hard plumbing, just want top make sure I have the flow down first.

Babyback · Dec 3, 2021

JumboShrimp said:
Give us more photos as you go. (“Build thread”?) Are you in Orange County Fla., or Cal? If you are in Orange County Fla., you are in LFS heaven! Lol.

Yeah, that might be fun to look back at. I'm in CA.

jgirardnrg · Dec 3, 2021

I'd support that flex pipe with pipe straps or J hangers.

Babyback · Dec 3, 2021

I wondered about that, to reduce any low spots for muck to gather, thanks for mentioning it.

jgirardnrg · Dec 3, 2021

Babyback said:
I wondered about that, to reduce any low spots for muck to gather, thanks for mentioning it.

That and you do not want the weight of the pipes filled with water putting pressure on the bulkheads.

Babyback · Dec 9, 2021

jgirardnrg said:
That and you do not want the weight of the pipes filled with water putting pressure on the bulkheads.

Saving images for a proper build thread at some point, but thought I'd share some minor progress on securing the flex pipe.

For now, paracord will do. Eventually I'd like to add nylon webbing/straps.

jgirardnrg · Dec 9, 2021

Babyback said:
Saving images for a proper build thread at some point, but thought I'd share some minor progress on securing the flex pipe.

For now, paracord will do. Eventually I'd like to add nylon webbing/straps.

If you can, get some hanger as far left as possible. The less weight pulling down on the bulkheads the better.