Hello everyone, I'm happy to announce that I'm working towards putting up a new tank.
Unfortunately I'm here today because I've hit a snag. My current tank has an in display overflow (reef ready tank) whereas my new tank just has a 2" hole drilled in the back of it. I've already come to terms that I'm going to have the return draped over the top, however I'm stuck on the drain portion. I currently run a durso in my 90g tank and love it. The previous owner of my new tank just had a 2" elbow angled up to the top of the water and then a straight pipe to his sump; he also had a 1200gph pump. My goal with this new tank is silence!
So I'm here today to get suggestions on what I should do. Obviously I would prefer it to look not so ghetto, but I'm willing to sacrifice looks for sound. I should also probably mention that I only plan on using an eheim 1260 (635gph) so the 2" drain will not be even close to capacity in terms of flow, I've actually contemplated gating it down with (I don't know what they're called) downsized connections in the pvc.
Here's a picture of the tank setup by the previous owner and you can see where he had the elbow in top left back portion of the tank.
Thanks!
Unfortunately I'm here today because I've hit a snag. My current tank has an in display overflow (reef ready tank) whereas my new tank just has a 2" hole drilled in the back of it. I've already come to terms that I'm going to have the return draped over the top, however I'm stuck on the drain portion. I currently run a durso in my 90g tank and love it. The previous owner of my new tank just had a 2" elbow angled up to the top of the water and then a straight pipe to his sump; he also had a 1200gph pump. My goal with this new tank is silence!
So I'm here today to get suggestions on what I should do. Obviously I would prefer it to look not so ghetto, but I'm willing to sacrifice looks for sound. I should also probably mention that I only plan on using an eheim 1260 (635gph) so the 2" drain will not be even close to capacity in terms of flow, I've actually contemplated gating it down with (I don't know what they're called) downsized connections in the pvc.
Here's a picture of the tank setup by the previous owner and you can see where he had the elbow in top left back portion of the tank.
Thanks!
