Check my plumbing plans please

[mgrmax]

I found this picture on the web while researching how to plumb my sump so i wanted to get peoples thoughts before I purchase the materials and start glueing everything together.

The tank has a single glass holes overflow. The sump has 3 compartments, far left will be skimmer and overflow, center will be Fuge and far right will be the return.

Will this example work well? Thanks in advance folks.

http://i923.photobucket.com/albums/ad78/lemonjello70/56131969.jpg

[The_Chad]

All looks good with your plumbing, but just a friendly suggestion that I actually did on my first DIY sump by accident. Put in a "T" pointed straight out towards the doors of your stand with a valve on it for water changes... that way you just open it up and let the return pump do all the work...

Great plumbing job though sump looks good as well

[uncleof6]

On of the ignored rules concerning drain lines, is that when running a single drain line (particularly dursos -- well what else would be run as a single?) That 1: there should be no valves in the line. This creates two problems--makes it easier to plug the line, and adds to the turbulence in the line increasing the instability and reliability of durso style drains. 2: The drain line is split, requiring yet another valve, and creating more turbulence and the associated problems.

The umpteenth thing I see is there is a split drain line, AND a split return line. It appears that the branch in the return line is feeding back into the return section, which is a total waste--pointless or ridiculous if you will.

Drain from the tank straight into the skimmer section--no valves, no branches--the safest and most problem free way to run a single drain line (dursos as opposed to siphon systems) and feed the fuge with the tee in the return line, rather than just recirculating it through the return section.

Just another observation, is that sump is too small for the size of the fuge--leaving you precious little to keep the pump under water-- it is a design for a much larger sump, running an external pump. Such as this:

http://i655.photobucket.com/albums/uu274/uncleof6/Untitled-22.jpg (http://s655.photobucket.com/albums/uu274/uncleof6/?action=view&current=Untitled-22.jpg)

[mgrmax]

Thanks for the replies!