Eel with closed loop

[poopsko24]

I got a 180 fowlr, on this I have a closed loop system that runs off a sequence dart, then discharges into a OM 4-way, then the 4 outlets from there it goes into the tank through the back walls, 2 outlets at the top and two at the bottom. The ones near the top of the tank are just a bulkhead with NO fittings going to on the inside of the tank. The two that run on the bottom have some piping to it, its 1" piping. I'm wondering when I get my banana eel, (and those are pricey) if he will try to sneak into the closed loop piping.....possibly making his way up to the OM unit to get chopped up when it rotates. I would'nt normally be worried if there was a constant flow coming out of the 4 oultets in the tank, but if any of you know how an Ocean Motion works is that there is a time when the flow is only coming out of two of the outlets, then it rotated and the other two get the flow. Any good advice here ? I do plan to put some 1 1/2" pvc along the bottom of the tank for a hideout, home for him.

 

[aquaman67]

Just like a child, they will go where you don't want them to.

You will need to cover the open holes somehow.

The first night I had my snowflake he got through an impossibly small hole, into the overflow, into the intake, through the 3 trays on a Tidepool filter, and into the bottom of the Tidepool.

I have no idea how he got through the trays of the Tidepool, but he did.

 

[Mad Scientist]

ditto - screen those holes off.

 

[poopsko24]

thats what i'm thinking. But these are the outlets for my pump. How can i make it so that he won't get in there but still keep good flow ?

 

[aquaman67]

Maybe use a flare nozzle like "B" on here.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produ...&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Np=1&pc=1&N=0&Nty=1

If the bulkheads are 1 inch you could reduce them to 3/4.

You should be able to find reducers in slip or threaded depending on the inside of the bulkhead.

 

[poopsko24]

thats what i was thinking too, will those kill my flow ? or just add pressure or both ?

 

[aquaman67]

If you have a stream now you will get a diffuse, spread out pattern.