Hey guys im finally done and have acquired everything needed for my FW tank. Just a few last questions before assembly time. I drew up a picture hopefully it helps a lot. Now on the left side are what im having trouble with and the right side is the final design, couple of questions from there as well, also if you see even just minor things on my plan let me know or if you have any concerns, it may bring up problem in the future so better to make it right now than when its all setup.
First Question: On the left side diagram you will see a side view pictures, now my concern with this is i have seen two of the drawn up design for people with drilled tanks. Now im just wandering whats the difference in 2nd diagram where is shows a "T" that has a pipe reaching slightly above the water level, now whats the purpose of this and is it necessary. My first thought of this was possibly a noise reduction type of thing for this kind of setup, or something that has to do with the air / plumbing that makes this more ideal than the 1st diagram. If someone can clear this up for me please do so because i can't really start without having to decide this plumbing part. Oh btw is there any thing else needed to properly complete which ever design actually works and that would well suit my setup?
Second Question: Left side, diagram showing a pump going up to the main tank, now my concern is how can I prevent water from being drain down to my sump through this pipe when a power outage occurs due to gravity, without having to drill a hole right before the water line, because doing so will shoot out a powerful water burst due to the large size of the pump, im assuming. My concern is the main pipe leading through the RUGF, so is it possible that water can crawl up this when a power outage comes due to gravity? (Right diagram shows the main pipe leading to the RUGF)
Many More Question: Right side, looking at this image i have tried to provide enough info to give you guys the idea of my whole setup. Now in terms of amount of bio/mech i think i have enough, do you?
Now im not really sure how to calculate this but my initial head height as you can see is 6' but gets split into 3 now the middle will require little amount compare to the spray bar due to it being a RUGF, plus i'll be using play sand as substrate so therefore it cannot be too strong that it stirs my whole tank around. Now do you think that a mag 24 will power a RUGF plus a spray bar, take into consideration that ill also try to put as many spouts as i can on the RUGF. I dont have much experience with larger pumps so its hard for me to estimate whether this is enough or not in terms of power. Btw lets say im overstocking my tank. Fish i want to stock are SA/CA.
Thanks for all the help guys and again any flaws or things that may concern you in my design probably will affect me in the future so dont hesitate to post it.
Oh ya ill provide tons of pics when all done, atm the whole basement is a mess, because im doing everything from the stand to the canopy.
First Question: On the left side diagram you will see a side view pictures, now my concern with this is i have seen two of the drawn up design for people with drilled tanks. Now im just wandering whats the difference in 2nd diagram where is shows a "T" that has a pipe reaching slightly above the water level, now whats the purpose of this and is it necessary. My first thought of this was possibly a noise reduction type of thing for this kind of setup, or something that has to do with the air / plumbing that makes this more ideal than the 1st diagram. If someone can clear this up for me please do so because i can't really start without having to decide this plumbing part. Oh btw is there any thing else needed to properly complete which ever design actually works and that would well suit my setup?
Second Question: Left side, diagram showing a pump going up to the main tank, now my concern is how can I prevent water from being drain down to my sump through this pipe when a power outage occurs due to gravity, without having to drill a hole right before the water line, because doing so will shoot out a powerful water burst due to the large size of the pump, im assuming. My concern is the main pipe leading through the RUGF, so is it possible that water can crawl up this when a power outage comes due to gravity? (Right diagram shows the main pipe leading to the RUGF)
Many More Question: Right side, looking at this image i have tried to provide enough info to give you guys the idea of my whole setup. Now in terms of amount of bio/mech i think i have enough, do you?
Now im not really sure how to calculate this but my initial head height as you can see is 6' but gets split into 3 now the middle will require little amount compare to the spray bar due to it being a RUGF, plus i'll be using play sand as substrate so therefore it cannot be too strong that it stirs my whole tank around. Now do you think that a mag 24 will power a RUGF plus a spray bar, take into consideration that ill also try to put as many spouts as i can on the RUGF. I dont have much experience with larger pumps so its hard for me to estimate whether this is enough or not in terms of power. Btw lets say im overstocking my tank. Fish i want to stock are SA/CA.
Thanks for all the help guys and again any flaws or things that may concern you in my design probably will affect me in the future so dont hesitate to post it.
Oh ya ill provide tons of pics when all done, atm the whole basement is a mess, because im doing everything from the stand to the canopy.
