Basic Water Pump Q's

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Dr Joe;484044; said:
If you find that link, pass it on.

dr Joe

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I cant remember what I typed to find it. It was a very simple idea, The guy just had one PVC pipe go up the middle of his tank, then it had a 'T' on top of it and PVC piping went out eithier side and flowed water into the corners of the tank.

I think I could probably build that for my tank in an hour but would that be okay for the future Oscars?
 
Well I just picked up a mag 9.5. It has some wierd fitting out of one of the ends. I'll take some pics later. Now I will need to figure out what is the best way to plumb the water back into the tank
 
Dr Joe;487908; said:
Good deal, We'll see if we can help :D
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Good, I'm taking you up on that :D

Would this work? You can see my pump at the bottom and how I was thinking of putting the return lines in the tank

 
IRoman;488239; said:
That last elbow will be just about the gravel, not in it
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I put my return just into the top of the tank and put a 45 degree elbo to direct the flow towards the bottom of the tank, that way if the power goes out, it won't back syphon to the sump and flood ya.

In the example you have there, drill a small hole just below the waterline to break the syphon, should the power go out. or you'll have to install a check valve somewhere on that line between the pump and the outlet...
 
zennzzo;488258; said:
I put my return just into the top of the tank and put a 45 degree elbo to direct the flow towards the bottom of the tank, that way if the power goes out, it won't back syphon to the sump and flood ya.

In the example you have there, drill a small hole just below the waterline to break the syphon, should the power go out. or you'll have to install a check valve somewhere on that line between the pump and the outlet...
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Thanks Zenn. I think I may just try to pick up a check valve, I need to put one on my Over Flow as well.
 
Crap, I am learning what the check valve is for. I got everything hooked up and there is a small drip coming out of the return line for the water pump. When I shut off the water pump it sucks all the water out of the tank and puts it in the sump and I made it too deep to pull it out of the water :irked:


...I got an idea
 
yeah if you drill that hole rigth below the water line onthe return pipe, when the water drops below that hole, it will berak the siphon and not all drain into your sump
 
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