Drilling fish tank
- Thread starter peeweehuynh
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Instead of using an Elbow off of the bulkhead fitting draining down into your sump, you would want to use a "T" fitting. With this configuration, you actually want to introduce air into the drain, otherwise you will have a constant flooding/flushing effect which will be very noisy.
You can try it out that way and see what I mean...but I wouldn't recommend it.
If I were you this is what I would do.
1. Place a T off of the bulkhead
2. Glue in a short run of pipe on the end pointing upwards to make sure the top is well above the water level
3. Cap the pipe
4. Drill a small hole in the cap to allow air to enter the drain.
How big is your sump? Your tank is now going to drain down to the bottom of that bulkhead fitting when you turn your pump off, so you want to make sure your sump can accommodate all that water.
