ugh got it all fired up and found a leak... too bad i cant really get to it! its off one of the bulkheads where the fitting goes over it. unfortunately i had to drill a hole through 4x4 and its up where i cant reach it. anyone know a way to seal it without draining 500g and breaking my pvc?
here we go... 500g build start
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brich999;5049427; said:
I'm sure. I've seen people use PFS without pre rinsing and it cleans up very fast. Of course I would like to pre rinse any substrate I introduce whether it's clean already or not.
brich999;5049931; said:
Ouch... I don't see any way to fix the leak in a connection from bulk head to pvc except draining, detaching the pvc and reattaching. Unless the bulk head is in an in tank overflow that water can't get in. If that's the case you shouldn't have to drain the whole tank to fix this since it's in a dry overflow. You using a bead of silicone around the connection? I always do this to be safe.
no the bulkhead is fine its where my pvc attaches to the bulkhead.
the weird thing with that sump, when water overflows, it does down the sides and they dont touch the outsides. i checked the flow and stuff yesterday and when it was full speed, it did overflow a little. i think ill be ok though, sorry for lack of pics, i cant find camera, and had to drain the tank to i can move it and replace the piece that screws onto the bulkhead
Your flow into the sump was causing the sump too overflow?
What you going to do about that? Seems like it should worry you a little more, especially if your power goes out and it continues to flow to the sump but not out of the sump.
Maybe I am not understanding what your talking about.
What you going to do about that? Seems like it should worry you a little more, especially if your power goes out and it continues to flow to the sump but not out of the sump.
Maybe I am not understanding what your talking about.
brich999;5053320; said:
If you have a prefilter on your pump intake you shouldn't even really need the socks... I've never used them and my w/d sump works beautifully.
