freshwater to 75 gallon saltwater reef with fish evolution.

[coffeetwitch]

it out paces the bathtub!!!

to bad i dont know how much it flows from the bathtub faucet

 

[Kio707]

15 gpm..............

 

[coffeetwitch]

15gpm? thats wait..... carry the 1 900gph!

i put a hose on the bathroom sink and now im trying to overflow the overflow.

 

[coffeetwitch]

wait, where did you get that number kio?

 

[Kio707]

Lol... Sounded good... Idk....

 

[coffeetwitch]

Lol... Sounded good... Idk....

llol

nice kio.

even with the sink faucet feeding the bucket it still kept up with both of them.

i should have made one out of 1.5"

 

[Kio707]

HMMMMMM, why does that sound so familiar?

 

[coffeetwitch]

idk, but you suggested 1.25 hmmmm thats close

 

[coffeetwitch]

i think i should build 2 more, 1.25 and 1.5 and see how they do. if i had the extra cash i would like to see just how much standard 90*'s would take away from the flow of the 2"

 

[rdnelson99]

twitch..... is your real name Tim Taylor by chance. LOL

 

[coffeetwitch]

lol no.

how was i supposed to know that it was going to be this big?

 

[rdnelson99]

Don't feel bad, I am having to rethink how I will hang my DIY 4' 6 Lamp T5HO fixture now that I have it completed. Had it all planned out until i lifted one end by the steel cable and realized, toggle bolts are not going to hold this monster. LOL I will post some pics when it is up and running.

 

[coffeetwitch]

mind if i ask how much was spent for a diy light?

 

[rdnelson99]

So far about $30 but I haven't bought the lamps yet. LOL I used a fixture that was damaged in shipment. It is designed for warehouses and to hung about 30' off the floor. I modified it to make it narrower (now about 18" wide) and then build a nice shroud around it out of MDF.

 

[coffeetwitch]

sweet deal. hard to beat that.

 

[rdnelson99]

I had a lot of leftover scraps stacked up in the garage from some of my woodworking project. My first was a desk/entertainment center. Thank a island for my kitchen, then an Adirondack chair and matching table..... LOL I love to spend my weekends in the garage. Here are a couple of pics.

 

[coffeetwitch]

nice work!

have you seen my motorcycle? i did all that. its rough when you get close to it but looks pretty cool from a distance.
i dont have any wood working tools. ive often though about getting some. i could build some half *** ed stuff for the fish then.

kio, you where not too far away from the flow of the bathtub. makes me wonder how you knew that.

i did a 30 count and let the faucet flow into a bucket then weighed it. bathtub was 36lbs after a loose 30 second count. the sink was 17 lbs after another loose 30second count. 13.5 gallons a minute=810gph. could this 2" overflow do more? idk, i suppose i can break out a garden hose and bring it in from the outside faucet.

 

[coffeetwitch]

Hey coffeetwitch, don't know if this will be any help at all, but I've got some formulas in a little pocket reference book, and a few of them deal with water in pipes.

Hopefully it won't just make things more confusing lol.

it was very helpful thank you.

 

[rdnelson99]

No I haven't seen your bike would would love to. I have always wanted to restore a 69 Z28. That was my dream car when I was in High School. LOL After finding out my wife was expecting our third child 14 years ago, I decided I needed to build a couple rooms in our basement. While doing that, I found I loved it. From there I did tons of home improvement project. About 5 years ago, I decided to try furniture. I always start by drawing up my own plans in AutoCAD then try to build it. Then I look at how close I came to plans I could have gotten on line. LOL

 

[coffeetwitch]

so now more questions. again.

run the two overflows? one for just the fuge and one just for the skimmer?
or
only run the big one i just got done testing and run some t's?
if i do this one, should i "t" off the return or "y" off the overflow's line to get the water to each of the compartments?