sump help needed

dunl · #1 12-31-2010, 05:13 AM

Okay, I bought this setup off of one of our members in Calgary, but didn't get a chance to ask too many questions as to how things were set up:

An 802, 602, and 2X402 Powerheads with critter guards came with it.

The tank has an overflow in the centre of the back. There is two bulkheads....three actually. One is in the bottom of the overflow of the sump. The other has one bulkhead almost at the top of the overflow box into the tank, where an l shaped pipe runs to the bottom of the overflow box to the sump.

I need to know how to set this up perfectly so that it is a silent system. No flushing, no gurgling, no splashing....just the hum of the pump.

The Grizz · #2 12-31-2010, 05:23 AM

Nice looking tank. Can you post some pics of the overflow and the sump, that would help to get a clearer idea.

intarsiabox · #3 12-31-2010, 05:27 AM

Let me see if I understood your set up. 2 holes at the bottom of the tank inside your over flow box and one hole at the top of the overflow box in one of the walls of the overflow box itself?

dunl · #4 12-31-2010, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by intarsiabox

Let me see if I understood your set up. 2 holes at the bottom of the tank inside your over flow box and one hole at the top of the overflow box in one of the walls of the overflow box itself?

Yup, that's it.

Grizz...I'll try to snap a pic. The sump itself is just a rubbermaid tote....no partitions, nothing. Just a box.

The Grizz · #5 12-31-2010, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dunl

Yup, that's it.

Grizz...I'll try to snap a pic. The sump itself is just a rubbermaid tote....no partitions, nothing. Just a box.

Well would suggest to build an acrylic sump for it to fit your stand first off, just IMO.

dunl · #6 12-31-2010, 05:36 AM

dunl · #7 12-31-2010, 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by The Grizz

Well would suggest to build an acrylic sump for it to fit your stand first off, just IMO.

I haven't checked...but I think I have a cube in the basement that might fit. One of two...but I think it might be too big.

intarsiabox · #8 12-31-2010, 05:40 AM

Well the set up is so that one hole on the tank bottom will have a stand pipe in it that leads the water down to your sump. The other bottom hole is for your return line from the sump back to your tank. A pipe from this second hole will go up to your top hole of the overflow and back out to your tank. I have the same config. on my 90g but what I did was use a durso stand pipe in one of the bottom holes and then used the second bottom hole as an emergency back up stand pipe leading to the sump in the event that my main stand pipe got plugged. I then directed the return water from my pump in the sump to the tank via flex pvc and a few 90 degree elbows that hang on the rim of the tank and plugged the top hole on the overflow as I did not use it. The advantage for me is that my overflow is in one corner and I could put my return line in the other corner of the tank so it would help push the water in the tank towards the overflow. Is my set up completely silent? No but it is pretty quiet considering my stand is completely open. I used a Durso stand pipe in my set up and you can read up on it at dursostandpipes.com. There are other methods but this is my only experience and it has worked well for me on 3 tanks so far.

intarsiabox · #9 12-31-2010, 05:42 AM

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