CoralFiend
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I have spent the most time so far trying to design this closed loop - and plumb it. I THINK I am happy with the way I have it set up now. Won't know until I get water in the thing.
Goda is correct with his suggestion of using a smaller OM unit. He suggested the SuperSquirt, which will work fine, but they have a new model called the Compact Super Squirt. The compact version looks more like the 4Way & 8Way, but utilizes a 1" inlet and 3/4" outlets. It's capacity is 2500gph, which should be more than adequate for your 75. Here is a link you might find helpful: Compact Super Squirt Note that the price of $225 is about what the Red Sea Wavemaster Pro sells for - without the powerheads.
Glad you decided to drill the tank. Life will be soooo much easier for you without a hang on the back overflow.
If you are on the fence about overflows, let me show you how I had the 75 set up. I posted these pics on another thread last week, you may have seen them already.
This is my horizontal overflow. Note in the bottom picture that the overflow is hardly noticeable against the black background. Once the tank filled up, the overflow was completely out of view.
There are two 1" drains (with 90 degree fittings pointing down) going through the upper portion of the back glass. These are tied into a single 1.5" drain line that goes directly down to the sump. Can't put my finger on pics of the plumbing right now.
Just sharing ideas. I love 75 gallon tanks and hope that you end up with a killer reef!
Goda is correct with his suggestion of using a smaller OM unit. He suggested the SuperSquirt, which will work fine, but they have a new model called the Compact Super Squirt. The compact version looks more like the 4Way & 8Way, but utilizes a 1" inlet and 3/4" outlets. It's capacity is 2500gph, which should be more than adequate for your 75. Here is a link you might find helpful: Compact Super Squirt Note that the price of $225 is about what the Red Sea Wavemaster Pro sells for - without the powerheads.
Glad you decided to drill the tank. Life will be soooo much easier for you without a hang on the back overflow.
If you are on the fence about overflows, let me show you how I had the 75 set up. I posted these pics on another thread last week, you may have seen them already.
This is my horizontal overflow. Note in the bottom picture that the overflow is hardly noticeable against the black background. Once the tank filled up, the overflow was completely out of view.
There are two 1" drains (with 90 degree fittings pointing down) going through the upper portion of the back glass. These are tied into a single 1.5" drain line that goes directly down to the sump. Can't put my finger on pics of the plumbing right now.
Just sharing ideas. I love 75 gallon tanks and hope that you end up with a killer reef!