Sump in Basement

[RayAllen3422]

I hated my Eheim. The thing was SUPER long and was incorrectly heating like yours is. I sent it back to amazon and got a cheap-o aqueon heater hooked to a Reefkeeper to prevent a fish boil. Best investment, cheap heater on a controller.

Yeah. I'm not impressed so far.

 

[Mrramsey]

Going to try to fix the plumbing like this tonight. If you see anything else that looks wrong let me know so I can take care of it then.

Make those changes and you should be good [emoji3]

 

[Mrramsey]

I don't think that with 300 watts you would get 13° delta on a 200 gallon volume (let's say true water is 150-170). Plus, from what I understand you have long plumbing going from the basement to the floor the tank is in so there is heat loss there too. My opinion is that you definitely need more wattage and I am not sure 600 watts will be enough either but you can try. Also keep in mind that having your heater constantly on (trying to catch up) is probably chewing down it's life...

Two 300's should be good. I run that on a true 150g system. With about an 11° delta. I think the biggest issue is the low flow being heated in the fuge.

 

[RayAllen3422]

Nah don't do that. Easy fix. A fuge needs very little flow. Eliminate the valve and tee on that drain and just reconnect it to the tank drain. Then just add a tee and a valve off of the return to the fuge.

Also those finnex titanium tubes are short and narrow. If your glass baffles to the return are a good inch wide they will slide right in there.

Does this look better?

 

[Mrramsey]

Does this look better?

Woo hoo now you're cooking with gas!

 

[RayAllen3422]

Woo hoo now you're cooking with gas!

Thanks for the input.