Riddle me this....

[Boogie]

Contemplating an idear..

I have 3 tanks total; 125g at mid level, 75g and 25g at basement level. Was thinking about making it all into one system and running it to a 75gish sump on the basement level as well. The question/riddle is this; How do I get two tanks to gravity feed into a sump across the house when the two basement tanks and the sump are at the same height level? Both basement tanks are reef ready tanks with stand pipes....

 

[djkms]

So you can't put the sump any lower? Like on the floor and the basement tanks on stands?

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[Boogie]

I was trying to avoid putting it on the floor but am quickly thinking that might be the only way. Top of 75g sump to bottom of 75g overflow is 6". a 90 at the bottom of the display and a 90 at the top of the sump would only leave about an inch. Not a whole lot of room for mistakes doing the plumbing run and since it would go through a crawl space that has spiders and other icky bugs, I'm not sure how accurate I could be when measuring hangers for piping....

 

[Off The Deep End]

Can you make a wider stand for your 75 dt and put the 75 sump underneath? Then have the 125,75 and 25 all overflow into that?

 

[SAZAMA]

you can't, gravity fed means in a downward sequence. but with a large pump you can maybe keep them linear?

 

[Boogie]

Can you make a wider stand for your 75 dt and put the 75 sump underneath? Then have the 125,75 and 25 all overflow into that?

no, the anal side of my brain won't allow it cuz a wider stand would make it stick out from the nook in the wall.

 

[Boogie]

you can't, gravity fed means in a downward sequence. but with a large pump you can maybe keep them linear?

Yeah..was afraid of that answer. Hmm...guess I'll have to buy a new house...

 

[Off The Deep End]

True. Where were you wanting to put the sump?

 

[Cake_Boss]

Hmm...guess I'll have to buy a new house...

Make sure your new larger house doesn't have any icky bugs, AQF!


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[Boogie]

True. Where were you wanting to put the sump?

laundry room. Drains, electircal, water, all right there.

 

[SAZAMA]

please post a build thread on how your gonna do it. I would love to see that. and maybe pm Kalgra he is an engineer.