Cali Kid Corals

New tank build. Need help.

max_nano said:
Looks good! I’ve got the same daunting pile of plumbing parts in my garage ready for my new tank. I laid mine out and put them in the flow order to ensure I had everything, it can be a good sanity check before you end up needing one last union or something.
Click to expand...
Great idea
 
Couple of things:

1) On upper right, those look like ABS bulkhead fittings. Beware, they crack easily.
Unfortunately, fancy SCH80 fittings mean a different hole size.

2) In general, seems like an awful lot of U-joints, valves, and fittings.
Everything not glued is a fitting that can leak.

3) SCH80 fittings are great, but I would generally not recommend SCH80 pipe, if you planned on that.
No flex, and slightly smaller inside diameter.

4) Check valves flanges will get a buildup of crud and not seal well.
So do not rely on them for siphon prevention.
 
rygh said:
Couple of things:

1) On upper right, those look like ABS bulkhead fittings. Beware, they crack easily.
Unfortunately, fancy SCH80 fittings mean a different hole size.

2) In general, seems like an awful lot of U-joints, valves, and fittings.
Everything not glued is a fitting that can leak.

3) SCH80 fittings are great, but I would generally not recommend SCH80 pipe, if you planned on that.
No flex, and slightly smaller inside diameter.

4) Check valves flanges will get a buildup of crud and not seal well.
So do not rely on them for siphon prevention.
Click to expand...
Thank you so much for the info. I’m no plumbing expert so relay on people like yourself for input.
All the fittings are sch 80, The pipe is white sch 40
Everything will be glued together.
I decided to not use the the check valves.
Instead I decided that I will drill a hole on the top of the tank where the lockline meets the water line.

thanks for your input.
wanna come help me get this right? Lol
 
rygh said:
Couple of things:

1) On upper right, those look like ABS bulkhead fittings. Beware, they crack easily.
Unfortunately, fancy SCH80 fittings mean a different hole size.

2) In general, seems like an awful lot of U-joints, valves, and fittings.
Everything not glued is a fitting that can leak.

3) SCH80 fittings are great, but I would generally not recommend SCH80 pipe, if you planned on that.
No flex, and slightly smaller inside diameter.

4) Check valves flanges will get a buildup of crud and not seal well.
So do not rely on them for siphon prevention.
Click to expand...
Thank you so much for the info. I’m no plumbing expert so relay on people like yourself for input.
All the fittings are sch 80, The pipe is white sch 40
Everything will be glued together.
I decided to not use the the check valves.
Instead I decided that I will drill a hole on the top of the tank where the lockline meets the water line.

thanks for your input.
wanna come help me get this right? Lol r
Klems said:
Where's the gate valve to tune the flow of the drain pipe?
Click to expand...
Yea I sorta didn’t get gate valves by mistake. Instead I got a bunch of ball valves. Which will work fine for now.
I’ll later on replace them if needed for gate ones later
 
Jmromero63 said:
Yea I sorta didn’t get gate valves by mistake. Instead I got a bunch of ball valves. Which will work fine for now.
I’ll later on replace them if needed for gate ones later
Click to expand...

I think you’ll want a gate valve since it can be tuned a little more precisely than a ball valve, they are more expensive but can be worth it for tuning the return to be silent. However with those double Union ball valves you probably can swap it out if it’s not working well enough.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
Another thing: As per that drawing, your overflows may be very noisy.
Suggest looking up "Bean overflow"

I have a feeling those two returns are not what we or others above thing they are.
 
rygh said:
Another thing: As per that drawing, your overflows may be very noisy.
Suggest looking up "Bean overflow"

I have a feeling those two returns are not what we or others above thing they are.
Click to expand...
The tank has two mega overflows!
Total is two durso standpipe drains that are 1’’and two returns 3/4‘’
 
243BA8AF-B14A-4785-BC11-C5A9BB053D42.jpeg

Still working on the aquascape.
and yes I know about the windows!
 
Also you might want to consider 2 return pumps instead of one. Fail safe if one pump dies or needs to be serviced.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
 
ashburn2k said:
Also you might want to consider 2 return pumps instead of one. Fail safe if one pump dies or needs to be serviced.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
Click to expand...
I was just thinking about that yesterday
Thinking of maybe just running one for manifold and one for returns would you connect both together or separate them?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top