carey
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I found a y fitting at marine depot, I need the fitting to be barbed.....I didnt go with pvc for the plumbing.
I appreciate the input Mrbee
The only is issue I would have in taking it out is that the ball valve is totally almost flush with it so Iwouldnt be able to hook the ball valve back up to the tubing. I guess i could just buy another ball valve though....
Did some water tests and its looking good! Maybe a trace of ammonia , no nitrites at all and trace nitrates.
Final build? Baloney. Carey is a young gal with many years of reefkeeping ahead of her. I would bet my right leg this isn't her last build. Nice try Carey. "Careys absolutely final reef upgrade-1000 gallon" You might end up sounding like one of those shops that are perpetually going out of business...Just remember that YOU titled this thread the "Final" build Do it right now or you will just have to do it again later. Also, I didn't see if anyone replied about the sump but you had said something early on about no baffles and not messing with DIY. Just make sure that you have at least one baffle to create a return chamber. When you step up to this size of tank, the last thing you want is to have a clog in the drain allowing 50+ gallons of sump water to be pumped back and overflow into the house.
That's the one I've used for over 20 years.
What are you using for your single pump? The recommended minimum ID for maximum flow of a mag 9.5 is 1.5".I thought that it wasnt the right way to go, lol, not sure why. I'm just used to a single return pump I guess. Would that be a viable option? I have the two mag 9.5's I could use.
But, they state this not knowing your application. They have no idea about whether you will have 90's or head height.You can't increase the flow or pressure by increasing the diameter of the feed line above the diameter of the pumps outlet, BUT you can reduce flow rate by adding restrictions, like 90 degree elbows. If you reduce the feed line diameter you reduce the flow but increase the head height. So the idea is to reduce restrictions to increase the efficiency of the pump. In your case it may be more efficient to use a pump on each of the return lines.
Something like this, combined with the "T" fitting slowing you down. I would drain all water to the sump and return all water back to the DT. Trickling water back to the sump is unnecessary.I just looked at the pics again and it appears tht the other line is going back up to feed a second return which I would expect with a large tank. If that's the case you have 900 gph going to each return with almost 4.5 feet of head loss (3ft stand plus 20" high tank i think) so that puts 450 coming back into the DT at each return. This would also explain why the prev owner had 2 mag 9.5s, one feeding each return. You will be supplementing flow in the tank with powerheads so you could leave it, or an alternative is to come over the back with one overflow and use locline and a Y to spread it out. This would give you closer to 1300 coming back in.