My cichlid system build

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Its pretty strong in the tank. Enough to break the surface with the outlet a half inch below it. I would like to get some more flow just so I don't have to scale the pump back so much. I have the tubing and stuff to cut the over flows in half so I have two overflows to one instead of four to one. I may try that this week.

Is there such a thing as too much flow?
 
prcdslnc13;3607722; said:
Its pretty strong in the tank. Enough to break the surface with the outlet a half inch below it. I would like to get some more flow just so I don't have to scale the pump back so much. I have the tubing and stuff to cut the over flows in half so I have two overflows to one instead of four to one. I may try that this week.

Is there such a thing as too much flow?
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Depends on the fish and how the returns are positioned.


You may be OK with flow, I was just making you aware of the possibility of increasing the flow.
 
spent my day redoing my overflows. I stuck with the same PVC overflows, but plumbed each one seperately. Im stoked because now I can open up the return valves all the way and let it flow. The system screams now, I actually had to drill the holes in my drip plate bigger because it couldnt handle the flow. I also added a small fluidized bed filter to the system. Ill put up pics tomorrow.
 
Nice!
 
NICE! ill probubly do this same project this summer... exept with like 5 gallon (like 10 of em) on a 40 gallon sump. im going to have a bunch of bettas... i dont know y but i just want to have multiple tanks on one system... i seems cool!
 
Heres the pics!

i guess Im doing something right. The little black ones are mpanga reds that spawn about three days after being in the system. They are maternal mouth brooders so shes been holding this entire time. And the very last pic shows that female on the far left. the next one to the right is a "pundamilia nyererei python island" that just started to show she was holding a couple days ago. So thats 2 spawning in about 4 weeks since it was set up? The only down fall is now that im moving that much water its LOUD. Im going to have to close up the stand after all.

Also look at that water ripple. The return jets are 3/4" 90 Degree elbows shooting straight forward about 1" below the surface.

You guys have any ideas on how I could do a cover to keep the foam contained? It was evaporating fast before, I can only imagine what its going to be like now.

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This caught my attention...

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The lines level out..meaning you lose the help of gravity in the overflow pressure and also cause a backup in the flow. There may be some other spots that could use some tidying up to lessen the restriction on flow, but this was pretty clear. My thoughts would be to find a junction with no 90's..that will KILL flow in any system..

I have a mag 9.5 on a 600gph max tidepool so i know what you mean about backing off the valve...lol
 
yea those were all things I realized as I was doing it, I mainly left it that way just to get it going. if you look at the post above yours I redid it all yesterday. No worrys about back up now :D
 
Redearsunfish;3681686; said:
I like your tanks! cool!
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thanks!

Well i went down stairs last night and thier was standing water on the floor under my stand thanks to the bubbles in the foam coming from my over flows. I found a sterilite container that fit inside the walls of my drip plate perfectly so i flipped it over cut it to hieght and cut a hole in the bottom for the PVC and this morning no water :D:D
 
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