Greg's 75g Rebuild

[tang daddy]

Nice restart buddy, my box is super quiet maybe the stand pipes need to be raised or need more flow from return pump!

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by tang daddy

Nice restart buddy, my box is super quiet maybe the stand pipes need to be raised or need more flow from return pump!

I tried max return flow to start with. That's when it was the noisiest.

[patpare]

Couldn't you just add a gate or ball valve?
You have 2 drain lines I would add a valve on one of them!kinda like the Herbie overflow
From what I've read the higher the water falls in your overflow box the noisier it gets.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by patpare

Couldn't you just add a gate or ball valve?
You have 2 drain lines I would add a valve on one of them!kinda like the Herbie overflow
From what I've read the higher the water falls in your overflow box the noisier it gets.

I have a gate valve on the main drain, just under the tank
Problem I'm finding is, with the design of this overflow setup, the back box sits lower than the front, so the water falling through the weir teeth 'falls' down to the level of the 1-1/2" through-the-glass bulkheads. Unless you run the back box nearly full, you get water falling.

Gate valve see pic #4 on page 1
First few pics also show the difference in height between the front and back boxes

[Ginu]

Looks good Greg, really like the cleanup process and attention to detail, very neat.

How many gph are you running to the display?
The emergency overflow pipe should be able to handle quite a bit, so i suggest bringing the water up as much as possible to the teeth, like 1/4" or even less.

On my old 120 running a Eheim 1262 full blast i had to have the main drain pipe closed about 95% with the gate valve on a 1" drain, so I don't see how a second emergency pipe can not take all the flow if something were to happen...

[Bblinks]

You have too much spare time on your hands my friend.....when you coming over to do my wiring?

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

You have too much spare time on your hands my friend.....when you coming over to do my wiring?

Wasn't spare time per se, I was laid off for 2 months.
LMK what wiring you want to do, if you're serious

Originally Posted by Ginu

Looks good Greg, really like the cleanup process and attention to detail, very neat.

Thanks Chris
As for the overflow - the emerg is a straight standpipe so it won't go into full siphon, and I'm not comfortable having a 1" pipe closer than 1" from the top. I'd rather hear a little trickle through the teeth than trickling on the floor

[gregzz4]

Acquired a bunch of new frags last night
Stay tuned for pics

[Bblinks]

Looks good, get some siporax or marine pure to compensate for the lack of live rock...just a thought.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Bblinks

Looks good, get some siporax or marine pure to compensate for the lack of live rock...just a thought.

Thanks for the good thought big guy. If I ever get any Nitrates I'll consider it.
Currently Salifert tells me 0
Let's not forget that I don't have anywhere near the # of fishies you do