375 Plumbing Recommendations

[Bigofishys]

Hello All,

I'm looking for recommendations on plumbing this 375 gallon. It already has 3 1" holes all on the left side of a large overflow. This will be a freshwater tank housing 3 ocellate river stingrays and an Arowana if I can find a home for my African Cichlids. I was going to get the Eshopps 2-300 gallon wet/dry filter and an FX6, but I'd rather here everyone's recommendations. There are two holes in the over flow, I only uploaded a picture of one from the front side.

Thanks

 

[Bigofishys]

Here’s another picture to show you guys what’s going on. I’ve checked out other posts but haven’t seen anything quite like this one.

 

[TheWolfman]

Take some better pictures of the overflow you should have a full siphon drain the shortest pipe that gets tuned down with a gate valve, and a secondary drain that take the remainder of flow. I can’t tell what’s going on with the left pipe that goes through the bulkhead but it doesn't look normal to me. The middle pipe is for your return pump.

 

[BichirKing]

I'd seal off the hole pointing into the tank in front panel of the overflow box. then use the 3 holes in the bottom for a bean animal style siphon drain. I'd plumb the return line on the far end of the tank pointing to the skimmer box.

 

[Bigofishys]

Take some better pictures of the overflow you should have a full siphon drain the shortest pipe that gets tuned down with a gate valve, and a secondary drain that take the remainder of flow. I can’t tell what’s going on with the left pipe that goes through the bulkhead but it doesn't look normal to me. The middle pipe is for your return pump.

 

[Tobiassorensen]

Sacramento as in cali? I thought rays where banned in cali?

 

[TheWolfman]

I it looks like the three pipes are all being used as drains, I would rework them like B BichirKing recommended into a bean animal. I don’t like the way the returns are setup, as the way it looks now is on power failure they will flood your sump. I would like he said plug them and them and rework them as well.

 

[jhonnyannan]

I'm having some problems at home and need a reliable plumber who would definitely do the job right. Does anyone know one?