plumbing help

Hello I’m currently installing an aquarium in my wall and need some help with the plumbing as I am stuck. Hopefully I have some fellow reefers out there that would like to take part on this journey with me because I could sure use some wisdom. I have a 220 gallon custom tank drilled at one...

Anyone know what size lifeguard bulkheads fit this tank? I got the tank used for a great price, but without the plumbing it’s just collecting dust. I’ve reached out to WB but they don’t sell replacement plumbing kits. Thanks!

Hey Guys - I picked up this custom tank last week, it’s already been drilled, plumbed and running for a year. The way it’s engineered is strange to me - there is a bulkhead drilled into the bottom left corner, and a pipe coming out - around 2” I’d say. Then there is like an overflow tower that...

Hey all, I need some help deciding what tubing to use for someone who has about 150ft of travel distance from their water tank reservoir to their larger aquarium. It's about 140ish feet horizontally and then has a head height of 6.5ft vertically. It would just be for water changes with prepared...

Hello, I've a question regarding the flowrate of my return pump. I'm plumping my aquarium at the moment but the amount of elbows i've used makes me doubting if i will be having enough flowrate through my sump. I've added some pictures below so you understand the way it's plumbed at the moment...

So I picked up one of these random flow generators from Vivid Creative Aquatics, and the slip fit adapter is just a bit too small for my outlet. Taking the existing plumbing there I'm measuring about 20.9 - 21 mm (13/16 in ) in diameter on the inner slip fit that came installed with the tank...

After a very large break, getting back into having a reef tank. In my previous experience, I had a smaller tank, and just used a simple siphon and two Home Depot buckets for water changes. For my new larger tank, I’m hoping there is a solution that doesn’t require me to drag 40g trash cans...

Hi, I am trying to plan out my plumbing for my Oceanic 120 and I am tossing around some ideas about what to do. I have a Danner Mag Drive 9.5 @ 950 GPH (which came with the setup) and a Jerepet SND-7000 return pump ~1850GPH DC pump (probably too much flow) The Danner has what is probably the...

Hello, I am in the design phase for plumbing on my tank. It's 8' x 30" x 30" (~360 gallons) and I have a negative space aquascape. I'm going to have 2 returns, I am planning for 1 return (Abyzz a100) to be over-the-top on the left side of the tank - the overflow is on the left side of the tank...

I have my current return pump manifold set up in the second picture attached, but I have noticed I lost a lot of power due to all the corners, I didn't think this though the first time well enough I guess. So I thought about changing it completely to the new design I drew out in the first image...

I'm setting up a used 120 g tank with a single corner overflow. The overflow has two drilled holes (1" and 3/4"), I'm converting it to a herbie style drain and running an over the top return. My question is, will the 3/4" drain and 1" emergency drain be enough flow for the 120 gallon tank? I...

Hey everyone, I’m pretty new to reefing and im currently going from a 40 gal fish only setup to a used 120g tank. The tank has one corner overflow with one drain 1” and one return 3/4”. I got a 40gal glass tank and ordered pre made baffles to build my sump. I am trying to decide the best...

Hello! I am relatively new to the hobby and have a nicely progressing RSR XL300. I’ve added an Apex, Trident and Red Sea Dose 4. My last remaining regular (every 2-3 days) maintenance (other than cleaning glass) is…filter socks. I am interested in either version of the ClariSea and am...

Hi everyone! Unfortunately our biocube has a leak, so we are upgrading to a RedSea Reefer 250. The LFS we went to sold us a Danner Supreme Aqua-Mag Model 9.5 for the return pump. RedSea recommends a flow of 660gph for the return pump. It looks like this return pump would have a flow of...

so I recently acquired an aqua top reef3 cube. It was supposed to be a full setup plumbing included but long story short I only got the tank. It came drilled and I'm having trouble figuring out what size bulk heads to order because the hole drilled for the return is less than an inch in...

Everyone has already been so helpful. So I purchased a Red Sea 350 that already has part #42221 (16mm) connected to the soft tubing. I want to keep everything as is. The issue I have been having is connecting my VarioS 6 return pump to the soft tubing. I ordered another part #42221 but it is...

Everyone has already been so helpful. So I purchased a Red Sea 350 that already has part #42221 (16mm) connected to the soft tubing. I want to keep everything as is. The issue I have been having is connecting my VarioS 6 return pump to the soft tubing. I ordered another part #42221 but it is...

I am doing my sump plumbing and was hoping that someone with a Pentair 40w Smart UV sterilizer could tell me the measurement from the center of the input to the center of the output. I have been searching for days for this measurement and there is nothing online or on their website. My tank just...

I am getting ready to hard plumb my SCA 150 rimless tank!! I'm going to be planning on running two Return pumps in my new CL-44 Synergy sump! 1 pump for each return.. Let's see some of your tanks and how you have your tank hard plumbed using a external overflow box?

HI All, I recently completed my salt water mixing station. It has a two container vertical alignment that relies on a fair amount of PVC pipe. This morning I mixed my first batch of salt water (10 gallons) and poured it into a couple of 5 gallon jugs. Everything worked great, BUT....... I'm...

I am looking to put some loc line return into use in my tank i am not familiar with this type of return i seen on bulk reef supply they have a loc line tool DO YOU NEED That tool or is that just a waste of money and i can put together with little muscle ?

Hello all, So, I received my new reef tank a week ago and this weekend I started to plumb it and I noticed something that might force me to change plans and thus I need you advice! Setup & initial plan: - Tank Dimensions: 36x36x18 (90x90x45cm) - Water Volume on DT: 96G (365L) - Water Volume on...

Had some vinyl 3/4”ID tubing laying around at the house- plumbing 2 returns. Is there any problem with quality of me heating the tube to install into a 1 inch barb in the long run of it wearing and breaking off ??? Just want to make sure it’s durable and don’t snap off by the 1”barb stretch...

I am thinking of purchasing an L shaped tank! This thing is awesome and happens to replace my current 5’ tank perfectly with the bonus of the “L” Shape adding another dimension when you are in my fish room. It would end up being a 210 gallon mixed reef. For the price I think I am going to snag...

I just want to make sure I am on the right path. I don’t want to run a dry overflow and I don’t want to run return on the exterior of the tank. Looking at herbie style in the dual overflow. Check the photo. Pretty sure this will work and have safety built in with the E drain. Any thoughts...