What Does Your Return Pipe Look Like?

[FullFathomFive]

I'm trying to find ideas on how to do mine. Thank you!

 

[drparker]

Give us a little more info on your setup. Is your sump under the tank? What return pump? IS your tank drilled or over the top?

I use an external Ehiem with solid PVC to a combo ball valve/union and then Flex PVC to bottom of Reef ready tank.

 

[FullFathomFive]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14704418#post14704418 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by drparker
Give us a little more info on your setup. Is your sump under the tank? What return pump? IS your tank drilled or over the top?

I use an external Ehiem with solid PVC to a combo ball valve/union and then Flex PVC to bottom of Reef ready tank.

The 55-gallon sump is in a room behind the tank with PVC running through the wall. The return pump is a Pan World Magnetic Water Pump (external) rated at 1100 gph. I have a Lifereef Double Prefilter Box. Do you have anything attached to the section of the return pipe that empties into the tank or is it "raw"?

Thank you, Ivana

 

[Fizz71]

The pipe that comes into my sump comes from 6 feet up and 15 feet left. I had to use some 90s to direct the flow into the sump in a fashion that didn't splash and could have a filter sock mounted in it. I'm using all hard PVC with some creative 90s to get a slant over the 21 foot run. I used an exceptionally large pipe for the amount of water flowing so the 90s don't affect my flow rate.

For my return to the tank I have hard pvc ball and unions connected to flex pvc for the turns, normal pvc for the straight run, then more flex up to the tank. I have 1 90deg in my return that is inside the overflow box since my return line goes through the overflow box. Other than that I use all flex pvc for the turns so I get as mush flow as I can with such a long run on a Tarpon.

I haven't measured my flow rate yet, it's only been going for a few weeks now.

 

[drparker]

From the pump to tank no filters or anything if that's what you mean by raw. I do split it with a wye to two outputs.

 

[FullFathomFive]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14704619#post14704619 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Fizz71
The pipe that comes into my sump comes from 6 feet up and 15 feet left. I had to use some 90s to direct the flow into the sump in a fashion that didn't splash and could have a filter sock mounted in it. I'm using all hard PVC with some creative 90s to get a slant over the 21 foot run. I used an exceptionally large pipe for the amount of water flowing so the 90s don't affect my flow rate.

For my return to the tank I have hard pvc ball and unions connected to flex pvc for the turns, normal pvc for the straight run, then more flex up to the tank. I have 1 90deg in my return that is inside the overflow box since my return line goes through the overflow box. Other than that I use all flex pvc for the turns so I get as mush flow as I can with such a long run on a Tarpon.

I haven't measured my flow rate yet, it's only been going for a few weeks now.

Great answer! Thank you