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#26
07/29/2007, 03:01 PM
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Then, the pipes have to be routed to the other side of the basement about 25 feet away to where the RO, sump and everything else will be
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07/29/2007, 03:03 PM
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The sump will be in the middle of the floor here with the RO holding tanks on one wall and refugium on the other wall.
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07/29/2007, 03:05 PM
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more stuff along the back wall.
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07/29/2007, 03:07 PM
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From where the sump will be looking at where the drain/return lines will have to go (near the main house drain).
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07/30/2007, 11:12 AM
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#1 is there any way to make your sump taller [a 55 gallon tank, etc] put it against the wall near the pipe coming down- or the hot water heater, and have it closer to the tank?
#2 are you saying you can only put the tank there upstairs because that is the only place you want to go through the wall? |
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07/30/2007, 12:48 PM
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Small house, that is the only available free wall that I have. Every other wall has something if front of it. And there is no room in the basement to put the sump besides that one corner. There is a doorway right on the other side of the water heater and the floor over there is not very level in that area. It would be nice if I could have the sump closer to where the aquarium will be but the only place that will work and give me enough room is that one corner.
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08/01/2007, 02:51 AM
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Any suggestions on a half way cheap return pump that doesn't use a lot of electricity?
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08/01/2007, 07:53 PM
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you should level out that floor
 looking at the pics i am convinced there is room for a sump there..... if you can get creative, and that could help solve you woes of long plumbing...think smaller runs= less electricity what gph do you want arriving upstairs? |
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08/02/2007, 02:47 AM
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I'd like to have it close to that area. But I'm also going to have three trash containers for water storage, a refugium, sump and possibly a mangrove tank. The area over there is only about 8 foot by 10 foot. There is also a small room for storage right behind the water heater so I need the area open for access back there. Someone put a bathtub on a cement slab in the back of that area too, right under the electrical outlet, that doesn't seem safe. I was thinking about taking the tub out, so that might work. I'll have to do some thinking on that one. If I do keep everything where I originally planned, I think I'm going to use a Gen X Mak 4 pump for return. According to the RC head loss calc, with a 15 foot vertical, 25 foot horizontal with all pipe bends and two ball valves, I'll have 377gph for the return with 3/4 inch pipe. The Gen X Mak 4's inlet and outlet on the pump are 3/4 inch. If I used 1 inch pipe, it states that I'd have 569 gph. I imagine either of those should be enough. And the pump only uses 55 watts. I won't be using my Mag 12 any more which used 110 watts so that should save me a little bit. And instead of using a Mag 9.5 at 93 watts in the main aquarium for flow, I'm hoping to use one or two Tunze pumps that use a fraction of that electricity. In the end, I'm hoping to use less electricity than I did before to make the wife happy. I really wish I could get one of those Solaris LED lights but I highly dought thats going to happen
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