Help Please

manicmatt · 03/31/2011, 07:21 PM

I just bought a Deep Blue 55g reef ready aquarium. Up until this point I've run hang on back filtration. I have built a 30g sump/fuge and now in the process of plumbing it. The reef ready came with a plumbing kit. I know what everything is and where it belongs except the 1" strainer fitting. It doesn't seem to go with anything. Maybe I'm just being retarded but could someone tell me what do do with this. Or is it an extra? If this works its a link to a picture of the plumbing kit.

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pub...ag3aan2249Bmrj

100%hydrophylic · 03/31/2011, 07:41 PM

are you talking about the bottom left thingie?

Mouse · 03/31/2011, 07:47 PM

Pic is small for me, but if it is a strainer it would go over the inlet for the drain

Typlus5 · 03/31/2011, 07:50 PM

The durso is the black "u" channel at the top of the waterline. The strainer would go there, pointing down.

100%hydrophylic · 03/31/2011, 07:56 PM

^yup! if hes talking about the bottom left thingie. i guess its called a strainer.

manicmatt · 04/01/2011, 11:51 AM

It is a strainer as I stated in the initial post. I thought it would go in the inlet for the drain, but the strainer is 1" where as the inlet is 1&3/4". It doesn't fit snuggly in anything... Boo.

manicmatt · 04/02/2011, 06:13 AM

Okay. I'm dumb. Or at the least put too much faith in the company that makes the plumbing kit. The drain pipe was all assembled minus the bulkheads so I didn't even think to remove to durso cap (?) But yeah, it fits nicely in there and works as it seems it should.

100%hydrophylic · 04/02/2011, 07:07 AM

wait, what did you remove?

should look like that

(i dont claim that picture)

manicmatt · 04/02/2011, 12:56 PM

Based on the picture that's where i thought the strainer should go but it did not fit there, too small. But if you open the cap at the top of the drain it fit perfectly and blocks where the u meets the down pipe.

100%hydrophylic · 04/02/2011, 02:46 PM

eeerm.
you put it here?

if water is flowing threw the top of the pipe, then its no longer a durso. Or, if its just open top, i think that also will defeats the purpose of a durso. it will make alot of noise.

im not familiar with that exact durso kit, but i dont think thats how its supposed to work

(and ooops Forgot to edit out the rest of the blank page, sorry)

100%hydrophylic · 04/02/2011, 02:50 PM

double post

manicmatt · 04/02/2011, 11:15 PM

If you take off the cap at the durso the strainer fits inside the pipe facing upwards and the cap fits back on. The strainer then blocks where the ninty meets the straight pipe. It seems like it'd work, but doesn't seem the most logical route, but its the only place it fits. So either its odd placement or they packaged the wrong size strainer.

Typlus5 · 04/03/2011, 05:38 AM

Went to the purchase site, all the packaging is the same. That 1" strainer should fit into the durso pipe pointing downward. Please measure the diameter of the strainer and the durso pipe input ("U" portion facing downward)
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Fits all overflow pre-filter systems which accommodate 1" and 3/4" bulkheads. Bulkheads equipped with double gaskets! Includes: Drain & return pipes 1-1/4" to 1" reducer fitting 3/4" elbow fitting adjustable return nozzle 1" barbed bulkhead fitting 3/4" barbed bulkhead fitting 1" strainer fitting

manicmatt · 04/03/2011, 06:59 AM

1" Strainer. 1-1/4" Drain with a reducer before the bulkhead. The intake for the drain is too large, comically so if you'd like the strainer on the end facing down.

03/31/2011, 07:21 PM	#1
manicmatt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 80	Help Please I just bought a Deep Blue 55g reef ready aquarium. Up until this point I've run hang on back filtration. I have built a 30g sump/fuge and now in the process of plumbing it. The reef ready came with a plumbing kit. I know what everything is and where it belongs except the 1" strainer fitting. It doesn't seem to go with anything. Maybe I'm just being retarded but could someone tell me what do do with this. Or is it an extra? If this works its a link to a picture of the plumbing kit. http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/pub...ag3aan2249Bmrj

03/31/2011, 07:41 PM	#2
100%hydrophylic Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA Posts: 1,636	are you talking about the bottom left thingie? __________________ :) Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 28g nano SPS

03/31/2011, 07:47 PM	#3
Mouse UnRegistered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Rio Linda CA Posts: 739	Pic is small for me, but if it is a strainer it would go over the inlet for the drain __________________ Somedays it just isnt worth gnawing through the straps...... Current Tank Info: 125g > < this close to being set up

03/31/2011, 07:56 PM	#5
100%hydrophylic Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA Posts: 1,636	^yup! if hes talking about the bottom left thingie. i guess its called a strainer. __________________ :) Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 28g nano SPS

04/02/2011, 07:07 AM	#8
100%hydrophylic Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA Posts: 1,636	wait, what did you remove? should look like that (i dont claim that picture) __________________ :) Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 28g nano SPS

03/31/2011, 07:50 PM	#4
Typlus5 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Gonzales Louisiana Posts: 966	The durso is the black "u" channel at the top of the waterline. The strainer would go there, pointing down.

04/01/2011, 11:51 AM	#6
manicmatt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 80	It is a strainer as I stated in the initial post. I thought it would go in the inlet for the drain, but the strainer is 1" where as the inlet is 1&3/4". It doesn't fit snuggly in anything... Boo.

04/02/2011, 06:13 AM	#7
manicmatt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 80	Okay. I'm dumb. Or at the least put too much faith in the company that makes the plumbing kit. The drain pipe was all assembled minus the bulkheads so I didn't even think to remove to durso cap (?) But yeah, it fits nicely in there and works as it seems it should.

04/02/2011, 12:56 PM	#9
manicmatt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 80	Based on the picture that's where i thought the strainer should go but it did not fit there, too small. But if you open the cap at the top of the drain it fit perfectly and blocks where the u meets the down pipe.

04/02/2011, 02:46 PM	#10
100%hydrophylic Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA Posts: 1,636	eeerm. you put it here? if water is flowing threw the top of the pipe, then its no longer a durso. Or, if its just open top, i think that also will defeats the purpose of a durso. it will make alot of noise. im not familiar with that exact durso kit, but i dont think thats how its supposed to work (and ooops Forgot to edit out the rest of the blank page, sorry) __________________ :) Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 28g nano SPS Last edited by 100%hydrophylic; 04/02/2011 at 03:20 PM.

04/02/2011, 02:50 PM	#11
100%hydrophylic Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: GA Posts: 1,636	double post __________________ :) Current Tank Info: 75g mixed reef, 28g nano SPS Last edited by 100%hydrophylic; 04/02/2011 at 03:19 PM.

04/02/2011, 11:15 PM	#12
manicmatt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 80	If you take off the cap at the durso the strainer fits inside the pipe facing upwards and the cap fits back on. The strainer then blocks where the ninty meets the straight pipe. It seems like it'd work, but doesn't seem the most logical route, but its the only place it fits. So either its odd placement or they packaged the wrong size strainer.

04/03/2011, 05:38 AM	#13
Typlus5 Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Gonzales Louisiana Posts: 966	Went to the purchase site, all the packaging is the same. That 1" strainer should fit into the durso pipe pointing downward. Please measure the diameter of the strainer and the durso pipe input ("U" portion facing downward) ----------------- Fits all overflow pre-filter systems which accommodate 1" and 3/4" bulkheads. Bulkheads equipped with double gaskets! Includes: Drain & return pipes 1-1/4" to 1" reducer fitting 3/4" elbow fitting adjustable return nozzle 1" barbed bulkhead fitting 3/4" barbed bulkhead fitting 1" strainer fitting

04/03/2011, 06:59 AM	#14
manicmatt Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 80	1" Strainer. 1-1/4" Drain with a reducer before the bulkhead. The intake for the drain is too large, comically so if you'd like the strainer on the end facing down.