Thanks Alvin. I've done some preliminary testing with my setup and using a 2" drain pipe and a plumbing setup similar to what you have, It seems to work fine with minimum noise. All of this before I ever saw this thread. 
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hdtvguy, Tank looks sweet, I love the fish room behind it!!!.....I so want to move all my stuff to the basement, but as it is my electric bill is high enough.
Question.....how do you create a link and name it what you want?
Like you did here... Well after loosing my 240g tank from an accident. More info on what happened can be viewed HERE
Question.....how do you create a link and name it what you want?
Like you did here... Well after loosing my 240g tank from an accident. More info on what happened can be viewed HERE
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besides being really cool, I was getting a tiny bit of salt creep just outside of my bulkheads. basically means a little bit of water is seeping through. I also had micro bubbles. My pipes vibrated just a little bit due to the distance the straight pipe had to travel to get past the 2x4s in the picture. Being an engineer, this bothered the hell out of me, so instead of buying a bunch of clamps, I just taped the dang things down to the 2x4's. No more salt creep, no more bubbles, no more vibrations, no more LCF pipe failures. I designed an airflow pipe system for the JSF a couple of years back. Lockheed prefers Inconel to duct tape. No imagination.
hdtvguy, let me know if you have any trouble dialing these in for sound. it may be tricky with three of them (if that is even your setup). other than that I'm out. John
besides being really cool, I was getting a tiny bit of salt creep just outside of my bulkheads. basically means a little bit of water is seeping through. I also had micro bubbles. My pipes vibrated just a little bit due to the distance the straight pipe had to travel to get past the 2x4s in the picture. Being an engineer, this bothered the hell out of me, so instead of buying a bunch of clamps, I just taped the dang things down to the 2x4's. No more salt creep, no more bubbles, no more vibrations, no more LCF pipe failures. I designed an airflow pipe system for the JSF a couple of years back. Lockheed prefers Inconel to duct tape. No imagination.
hdtvguy, let me know if you have any trouble dialing these in for sound. it may be tricky with three of them (if that is even your setup). other than that I'm out. John
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Alvin,
Anyway you can get a really good close up of the overflows (Bulkheads)? You said you used floor drains at Lowes? I have heard that these overflows do a good job at surface skimming. How do you find them in this aspect? Thanks for the heads up I may take you up on your offer for help when I'm tunning the system.
Not a problem. I'll see if I can get a decent camera. I need to go to lowes so i can build myself a moonlight. I'll just put one (overflow) together there in the store and take some pictures of it.
As for surface skimming, they do a really good job. I did a test and a single one of these will allow for sufficient drainage without overflowing my tank. You know how those snails get. John
As for surface skimming, they do a really good job. I did a test and a single one of these will allow for sufficient drainage without overflowing my tank. You know how those snails get. John
CPT. MURPHY
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looking good 
I'd go for two just for the aformentioned reason. If one gets clogged your pumps will drain your sump into the tank causing it to overflow and burn up the pumps. It's just another safety factor. I'm going to lowes tomorrow morning, so I should be able to get some pictures of the overflow assembly. Man is it hard to type in the dark. (watching tank in dark)
Gerard Alba
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Good luck.
they don't mind one bit. I use the pipe cutter provided and keep track of how many 6 ft sections I've used. I've done this a few times at both lowes and home depot. plus, you work a little faster and there is no chance of stopping to drink beer. You do get some funny looks from women, but most guys in the plumbing section understand completely. How many times have most of us gone to the store three times in the same day?
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