So this is my first aquarium utilizing a sump. Past 8 years I’ve only had HOB aquariums.
My tank is a Planet Aquarium Mega Matrix 310 gallon with center overflow with (2) 1-1/2” drains and (2) 3/4” returns. My sump is an IceCap 48XL. I’m running a pair of Maxspect MJ-DC12K return pumps which each has a max pressure of 3000gph. My drains drop down about a foot, then go into a 45 degree elbow and run horizontally for about 2 feet then 90 down into my sump.
I’m only leak testing and testing the equipment right now so it’s not an immediate emergency. I filled the tank and overflow up all the way, filled up the sump a little more than halfway, turned both of my Maxspect return pumps on at the lowest setting but the return pump section drains all the way down to where it is just barely above the body of the return pump, on occasion can even hear it sucking some air.
Just wondering what I should do or try or might be doing wrong or missing, or what you guys do or how you set it up for your first fill up and starting of the equipment.
Could the top of my drain pipes being about a quarter inch above the bottom portion of the slot of my weirs be contributing to this issue? Or something else
My tank is a Planet Aquarium Mega Matrix 310 gallon with center overflow with (2) 1-1/2” drains and (2) 3/4” returns. My sump is an IceCap 48XL. I’m running a pair of Maxspect MJ-DC12K return pumps which each has a max pressure of 3000gph. My drains drop down about a foot, then go into a 45 degree elbow and run horizontally for about 2 feet then 90 down into my sump.
I’m only leak testing and testing the equipment right now so it’s not an immediate emergency. I filled the tank and overflow up all the way, filled up the sump a little more than halfway, turned both of my Maxspect return pumps on at the lowest setting but the return pump section drains all the way down to where it is just barely above the body of the return pump, on occasion can even hear it sucking some air.
Just wondering what I should do or try or might be doing wrong or missing, or what you guys do or how you set it up for your first fill up and starting of the equipment.
Could the top of my drain pipes being about a quarter inch above the bottom portion of the slot of my weirs be contributing to this issue? Or something else