My 75 Project

Nope. I was but then this one was offered to me for $50.00 brand new. All I had to do was the finish. The only thing I did was replace the older canopy hinges which were really ugly looking and install handles for the doors because it didn't bring it originally. I was thinking about adding some crown molding around it to makit more...........sexy8)

 

Well, I got the plumbing done today. Still messy but I just finished and I want to go to sleep. I didn't get to finish the refugium but tomorrows another day.

Here's a full view of the rear.

Plumbing to Wet/dry.

Plumbing to the Refugium.

Plumbing from Protein skimmer to wet/dry.

More tomorrow.........hopefully

 

is that u tube feed by a pump or gravity you might run into some problems i made a 10 gallon ref and drilled the tank to have it flow into my sump you can get glass hole saws from Glass-holes.com it is easy to drill those tanks

 

It's actually pump driven. That's why I just bridged it. The only thing I think I'll have a problem with is the micro bubbles but I'm going to chamber the area where the water from the P.S. falls into the W/D and put in a foam block to break-down those bubbles.

 

Hey everyone. It's been a couple of days but I have been hurting from an accident I had in February and had to get some rest because I've sort of have been pushing it a bit lately. Doctors still won't allow me to walk.....but what the Doc don't know.....won't hurt him.......it'll only hurt me;D

Anyways, I was able to get my system going very late last night. Got the salt and water mixed up and circulating. Now I have toilets syndrome. My overflow is so noisy I ran some airline tubing down the prefilter to quiet it down a bit and the toilet flushing noises went away.....sort of. It then makes other noise.....gargly type of noises. Any suggestions before I go any further. It's in my living room and that's known as "John's Regal theatres" because it's feels like one when all my speakers are on blast and it's movie night. Hope you guys can help me out here. Please!

 

You can build, or buy, a standpipe setup, or you can do what I did. I put a ballvalve on my drain line and partially closed it. Won't affect the flow if you don't close it too far (same as a standpipe setup), and is just as quiet. My setup makes absolutely no noise.

 

How would I do a standpipe set-up with a hung overflow......I thought that was for tanks with the overflow built into them?

 

Not to my knowledge. The standpipe glues inside of the bulkhead fitting (inside the overflow end of the bulkhead). Do you not have a ballvalve on your drain line? If not, you really should. It allows you to close off the sump part of your system in case you need to repair/replace the sump. A standpipe acts like a slidevalve, regulating the flow just like a ballvalve does. When the flow through the drain line matches the flow through the return line, voila, no more noise.

 

I have 2 ball valves. One is for the sump and the other is for the refugium. I have a 1" pipe that is in the overflow box which is the pipe that the prefilter goes around....is that where the standpipe goes glued too? Any idea where I can get a picture of this set-up?

 

You really don't need a standpipe. Just close the ballvalve enough that the stream of water running through the drain is equal to the size of the passage through the ballvalve. No water restriction, but no air gets through. Therefore, no noise. That's what's causing the noise. A standpipe is essentially a ballvalve (both are used to regulate the flow of water through the drain line). Just google Dorso (I believe that's how it's spelled) standpipe and you should be able to find some DIY threads that shows you how one works, and how to build it. That's what I did, and also when I made the mental connection that a standpipe works like a ballvalve. You can use one, but it's redundant with the already existing ballvalve.

As for the 1 inch pipe in your overflow box:

Hopefully you didn't glue it in, otherwise you may have a problem trying to get the standpipe to work (you may not have enough height left in the overflow box to get it to work). I just have mine sitting in the bulkhead, without glue. Glueing it isn't needed, as the extremely small amount of water that "leaks" around that 1 inch pipe just goes down the drain line anyway.