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der_wille_zur_macht · 04/03/2012, 07:56 AM

Herbie needs two, beananimal needs three. If you have a typical "megaflow" AGA tank (or an imitator) and you have a hole in your overflow meant for a return pipe, you could steal that and send the return over the back/side wall of the tank.

I'd think about redesigning your drain system such that there is only a single path for the water to your sump. Introducing T's and branches on a Durso can make it very frustrating (though not impossible) to keep stable and quiet. If you want to feed the refugium separately, you could T off the return plumbing. That would reduce the flow rate through the overflow which would also contribute to getting it more quiet.

04/03/2012, 07:56 AM	#4
der_wille_zur_macht Team RC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 17,749	Herbie needs two, beananimal needs three. If you have a typical "megaflow" AGA tank (or an imitator) and you have a hole in your overflow meant for a return pipe, you could steal that and send the return over the back/side wall of the tank. I'd think about redesigning your drain system such that there is only a single path for the water to your sump. Introducing T's and branches on a Durso can make it very frustrating (though not impossible) to keep stable and quiet. If you want to feed the refugium separately, you could T off the return plumbing. That would reduce the flow rate through the overflow which would also contribute to getting it more quiet. __________________ Inconveniencing marine life since 1992 "It is my personal belief that reef aquaria should be thriving communities of biodiversity, representative of their wild counterparts, and not merely collections of pretty specimens growing on tidy clean rock shelves covered in purple coralline algae." (Eric Borneman)