Preliminary Tank Plan,will this work out?

[jwccwj]

Here is my very basic tank layout:

1)1.5 "drain 1 inch return(using durso or cj standpipe)
2.)ehiem pump 1262 for return
3)tee of to fuge from return line

The tank is a 180g blue series from AO(60") in length,I hope to get either a 48"ati powermodule or the new stealth t5+hqi fixture for lighting.Any immediate problems.Please excuse my skethup skills there pathetic!!!

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[4fishman]

I doubt your "tee" connection to the 'fuge will work. The water will always travel along the path of least resistance. To flow through the tee vs into the sump area needs to have a balancing valave or some way to add flow restriction to that pipe/ line. I would add a ball or some other in-line type valve in the sump line, after the tee to the 'fuge. Also be careful of the excess turbulance and bubles that are undesirable in the 'fuge

 

[jwccwj]

The tee is off my return line heading back to the main display,the return pump is a ehiem 1262.Im just going to branch some of the return using a ball valve over to the fuge on the right side if my sump.

 

[jwccwj]

the drawing is very poor I know but the return line is the vertical line going up to the tank in the middle.