Xrod 280 gallon living room peninsula
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So time for an update!! I decided on placing the sump outside the house so basically I need to remove the floor across my living room, dig a hole, place 4" tube inside where basically the 2" drain, 1" return and another 1" for cables, will go, put back floor. And connect main tank to sump which is 5.5 meters away.
So the main problem I have is that the sump will be at floor level, so I need to test to see if drain will work because it needs to go to floor and then back up like half way.
So what you think? Will it work? Here are some photos as of right now
Here is the tank
Here is an overview of the test. This is not were the sump will go. It is just a test at real level and distance
Here's my son doing the professional plumbing
This is the level that drains have to go back up
And here is the reef octopus water blaster 16500. Overkill or just right cause of distance?
So the main problem I have is that the sump will be at floor level, so I need to test to see if drain will work because it needs to go to floor and then back up like half way.
So what you think? Will it work? Here are some photos as of right now
Here is the tank
Here is an overview of the test. This is not were the sump will go. It is just a test at real level and distance
Here's my son doing the professional plumbing
This is the level that drains have to go back up
And here is the reef octopus water blaster 16500. Overkill or just right cause of distance?
sorry dont know why pics are not appearing correctly. here is another try:
So time for an update!! I decided on placing the sump outside the house so basically I need to remove the floor across my living room, dig a hole, place 4" tube inside where basically the 2" drain, 1" return and another 1" for cables, will go, put back floor. And connect main tank to sump which is 5.5 meters away.
So the main problem I have is that the sump will be at floor level, so I need to test to see if drain will work because it needs to go to floor and then back up like half way.
So what you think? Will it work? Here are some photos as of right now
Here is the tank
Here is an overview of the test. This is not were the sump will go. It is just a test at real level and distance
Here's my son doing the professional plumbing
This is the level that drains have to go back up
And here is the reef octopus water blaster 16000. Overkill or just right cause of distance?
So time for an update!! I decided on placing the sump outside the house so basically I need to remove the floor across my living room, dig a hole, place 4" tube inside where basically the 2" drain, 1" return and another 1" for cables, will go, put back floor. And connect main tank to sump which is 5.5 meters away.
So the main problem I have is that the sump will be at floor level, so I need to test to see if drain will work because it needs to go to floor and then back up like half way.
So what you think? Will it work? Here are some photos as of right now
Here is the tank
Here is an overview of the test. This is not were the sump will go. It is just a test at real level and distance
Here's my son doing the professional plumbing
This is the level that drains have to go back up
And here is the reef octopus water blaster 16000. Overkill or just right cause of distance?
Well first off...
Very nice.
I like the gray mottled look personally.
If the sump is going to be at that distance and you need the size pump for the head pressure and distance, then it is the correct pump. Child labor laws do not permit him from doing any plumbing in our area.
That is a good idea, to be able to test it, real world, in both pipe and pump before you go live. I see there were no water leaks, so that is an added bonus.
How is the flow? Did you get any measurements or video of how the flow goes back into the tank?
So far I have to agree that you have pre-planned most of this project out and have had some very good resources to assist you.
I can't wait to see the cycling and the inhabitants.
Very nice.
I like the gray mottled look personally.
If the sump is going to be at that distance and you need the size pump for the head pressure and distance, then it is the correct pump. Child labor laws do not permit him from doing any plumbing in our area.
That is a good idea, to be able to test it, real world, in both pipe and pump before you go live. I see there were no water leaks, so that is an added bonus.
How is the flow? Did you get any measurements or video of how the flow goes back into the tank?
So far I have to agree that you have pre-planned most of this project out and have had some very good resources to assist you.
I can't wait to see the cycling and the inhabitants.
Thanks a lot. I did not take a video unfortunately. But i am thinking of placing a ball valve to regulate the pump. Next time ill take video when we do the test on the final side of the house.
LiL.HoEsAy
Member
nice sump design
Awesome. Hope i can contribute to your tank build
great Chris. good to know So how much does it go back up in your setup?
Update: Decided to break floor and concrete
Update: Decided to break floor and concrete
Ok so here is an update after so many days of thinking if I would have the sump under the tank or outside of my house and finally decided to have it outside. To do this the only way was to remove my laminated wooden floor and break the concrete and place the tubing from the tank to the outside.
So ill do my best at explaining with some pictures in hopes of helping anyone else that wants a similar setup.
So in this first photo you can see where the MDT is, and i have to go across all the living room in order to place the tubing in. So here is the removal of the laminated floor and as you can see this type of floor can only be removed from the side so in order to remove the ones near the tank i need to remove the one beside and to remove that one , the one beside that one and so on...and that was the problem
Since I will be placing a 4" tube that contains all the other tubes, the whole had to be at least 5" x 5". Here is the breaking of the concrete all the way to the other wall which is aprox like 5.5 mts long.
Here is the tubes going outside of the wall and let me explain what i did: I placed the 2" drain line, the 1" return and a 1 1/4" extra tube inside the 4" tube. Originally the 1 1/4" was for electricity, or some cables and an aquabus extension, but people recommended i put in a separate electricity tube for that, so thats what i did and i have an extra 1 1/4 in case i need to insert anything.
Here is the other side of the tubing. The ones that will be connected to the MDT
Update: Decided to break floor and concrete
Ok so here is an update after so many days of thinking if I would have the sump under the tank or outside of my house and finally decided to have it outside. To do this the only way was to remove my laminated wooden floor and break the concrete and place the tubing from the tank to the outside.
So ill do my best at explaining with some pictures in hopes of helping anyone else that wants a similar setup.
So in this first photo you can see where the MDT is, and i have to go across all the living room in order to place the tubing in. So here is the removal of the laminated floor and as you can see this type of floor can only be removed from the side so in order to remove the ones near the tank i need to remove the one beside and to remove that one , the one beside that one and so on...and that was the problem
Since I will be placing a 4" tube that contains all the other tubes, the whole had to be at least 5" x 5". Here is the breaking of the concrete all the way to the other wall which is aprox like 5.5 mts long.
Here is the tubes going outside of the wall and let me explain what i did: I placed the 2" drain line, the 1" return and a 1 1/4" extra tube inside the 4" tube. Originally the 1 1/4" was for electricity, or some cables and an aquabus extension, but people recommended i put in a separate electricity tube for that, so thats what i did and i have an extra 1 1/4 in case i need to insert anything.
Here is the other side of the tubing. The ones that will be connected to the MDT
More plumbing
More plumbing
Here is the finished work. Concrete over the 4" orange tubing and now i have to let it dry for 4 or 5 days at least, because if not, humidity will expand my laminated wooden floor.
Here is how it looks from the outside, finished but not connected yet.
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Here is the finished work. Concrete over the 4" orange tubing and now i have to let it dry for 4 or 5 days at least, because if not, humidity will expand my laminated wooden floor.
Here is how it looks from the outside, finished but not connected yet.
acesq
Premium Member
There is no question that water will travel from the overflow in the DT to the sump. All you have to do is use a gate valve to dial in the amount to match the flow from your return pump, assuming your return pump does not push more water than your drain pipes can supply.
Nice build so far! How are you going to scape it?
Nice build so far! How are you going to scape it?
aquaenthusiast
Member
Very nicely done, I think there will be some great benefits to the sump being outside.
Thanks for the comment. A gate valve it will be then. Not even thought about aqua scaping yet. Too worried about wife being worried about floor!
