I am going BB and installing a closed loop system that is undrilled. I want the closed loop to double as a rock rack to help keep the bottom of my tank more open and allow a way to "blow" nasties off of the the starboard.
I'm having problems determining how much "head" I will actually have. The closed loop will have to come up over the back of my aquarium, down into the aquarium and snake around a bit to create the rack. I plan on drilling holes on the underside of the PVC to allow the water to blow anything trying to settle on the starboard. Possibly a few holes here and there in other places to add extra circulation throughout the tank. The pump, if installed under the tank, would have to push water 4 feet up and then down two(into the tank) and then wherever the rack goes. To determine the head do I count every foot of pipe or just the 4 feet up over the back of the aquarium. It seems to me I would have to consider the full length of pipe.
I was considering the possibility of two seperate smaller racks...one on each side instead of one large one...but I'm undecided about the benefits of that plan.
Thanks all!!!
I'm having problems determining how much "head" I will actually have. The closed loop will have to come up over the back of my aquarium, down into the aquarium and snake around a bit to create the rack. I plan on drilling holes on the underside of the PVC to allow the water to blow anything trying to settle on the starboard. Possibly a few holes here and there in other places to add extra circulation throughout the tank. The pump, if installed under the tank, would have to push water 4 feet up and then down two(into the tank) and then wherever the rack goes. To determine the head do I count every foot of pipe or just the 4 feet up over the back of the aquarium. It seems to me I would have to consider the full length of pipe.
I was considering the possibility of two seperate smaller racks...one on each side instead of one large one...but I'm undecided about the benefits of that plan.
Thanks all!!!
