Thats going to be your problem, drilling the tank. It may very well end up
broken. I believe the 10 gallon tanks use a thin tempered glass, which will
make it very hard to drill, and it is expensive to get glass drilled. You
may be better off buying and acrylic one, or trying to find some type of
rubbermaid container that will work for you. Just a thought.
This plumbing scheme works well. It is how I have mine set up now, and it
works pretty good. You will want to try and put the output towards the back
of the sump, away from the input to your return so that any air that gets
through is expelled before getting to your return pump.
Also, I drilled a second hole, and added another return for a back up (just
incase something weird happened to the first return, I am paranoid.
Shane
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry J. Geguzis [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 9:25 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: refugium plans
>
> Shane,
> Excellent idea (as were the others I received). I need to scout around to
> find a place that will drill the spare tank glass (not sure they exist,
> out here in the wilderness {central Penna}). With that set-up I couldn't
> go "over the wall" and use a syphon effect to draw the water to the lower
> sump, for fear that if I lost the syphon the refugium would overflow while
> the sump powerhead kept on pumping water to the refugium. Maybe I can use
> a "T" valve somewhere upstream of the sump to provide water to the
> refugium, then everything would be gravity fed. Hmmmm. That would still
> require one hole drilled. Might as well get the 2 done, assuming I can
> find someone that does that around here.
> Thanks again,
> Larry
>
> "Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody."
> --Mark Twain
>
>
> At 09:07 AM 10/1/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
> Another way to do it, if you have room, is to link the sump to the
> refugium.
> If you can raise the refugium above the sump, then drill the
> refugium
> towards the top so it acts as an overflow back into the sump. If you
> drill
> it, you can install a bulkhead and then plumb it back to the sump.
> Then you
> can pump water directly from the sump, into the refugium where it
> will
> overflow back out into the sump. No worries that way. Problem is
> getting the
> top of the refugium higher than the sump.
>
> FWIW
> Shane C.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jimmy Kuncoro Wardana [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 1:37 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: refugium plans
> >
> > > I'm also a bit concerned that if I don't have
> > > it hooked
> > > into the system correctly, I could get a siphon effect if/when I
> lose
> > > electric power.
> >
> > Drill the return pipe (from the sump) with 5-6mm bit, at the level
> of
> > water
> > surface of your tank. As the power down, the retrun pipe will be
> filled w/
> > air, not water.
> >
> > Jim.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > TIA
> > > Larry
> > >
> > >
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