Hemmdog’s 90gal Seaciety and 40gal Vale of Shadows

[Hemmdog]

So, this is what I did. I have 1" drain lines, and I purchased a 1" suction screen like this.
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I had on hand a 1" socket by thread coupling like this.
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I didn't want to glue the screen directly to the drain piping, and I noticed the two fit together snugly like this.
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I cut the threaded end off with miter saw and slipped it over the bare end of the drain piping like this.
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I originally installed this after a little clownfish found his way into the sump, but I never expected it to silence the flow like it did. My durso is almost completely silent unless I need to clean it (which is also nice to have an audible alarm ).

Nice! I think I just may run to home depot tomorrow and give it a whirl

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Nice! I think I just may run to home depot tomorrow and give it a whirl

Hopefully that will help you have a happy wife and a happy life

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

The nice part is you can just pull it off to clean it, then slip it back on once the piece has dried .

 

[Hemmdog]

Hopefully that will help you have a happy wife and a happy life

Absolutely! It’s even starting to wake me up in the night to.. it is pretty loud.. haha. During the day it really isn’t that bad, but around 2 or 3am it just sounds so angry, I don’t understand lol.

 

[Hemmdog]

The nice part is you can just pull it off to clean it, then slip it back on once the piece has dried .

That’s my kind of maintenance ! Sounds easy!

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

What kind of overflow do you have? I have two megaflow overflows, and I was having GHA problems in my overflows. I made covers for them out of 1/8" ABS plastic sheet I bought off of Amazon.

 

[Hemmdog]

What kind of overflow do you have? I have two megaflow overflows, and I was having GHA problems in my overflows. I made covers for them out of 1/8" ABS plastic sheet I bought off of Amazon.

The stock old school oceanic one. The weirs are loaded with ulva that I can’t fully get off. None in the display though so that’s good.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

The stock old school oceanic one. The weirs are loaded with ulva that I can’t fully get off. None in the display though so that’s good.

Okay, well if you happened to have a megaflow, I was going to let you know I had the CAD file and a scale drawing of the cover template that I was going to offer to you if you wanted it.

 

[Hemmdog]

Okay, well if you happened to have a megaflow, I was going to let you know I had the CAD file and a scale drawing of the cover template that I was going to offer to you if you wanted it.

Oh well how kind I’m not sure what this overflow is called.

It’s on the left side not directly in the center. But not a corner overflow either.

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Oh well how kind I’m not sure what this overflow is called.
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It’s on the left side not directly in the center. But not a corner overflow either.
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That looks exactly like a megaflow overflow.

 

[Hemmdog]

That looks exactly like a megaflow overflow.

Nicee. Does the cover help with sound as well?

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

Nicee. Does the cover help with sound as well?

It would if there were much sound left to silence!

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

It does help muffle the weir splash a little bit .

 

[Hemmdog]

Not the most beautiful clam, but he’s my little clam! little ORA guy is still doing good.

 

[NY_Caveman]

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Looks happy as a clam to me.

 

[Dj City]

Following.

Nice build. Keep up the good work.

 

[Hemmdog]

Following.

Nice build. Keep up the good work.

Thank you so much!

 

[Mastiffsrule]

I really like your ‘scape. It has a more natural look than the old rock wall up the back like I have. (Granite top is nice too)

Following along for more pix

 

[Hemmdog]

Just took this pic after feeding some Arcti Pods. These guys hide all the time.

 

[Hemmdog]

I really like your ‘scape. It has a more natural look than the old rock wall up the back like I have. (Granite top is nice too)

Following along for more pix

Thank you!! Yea that was my goal with the scape, I plan on doing a minor rescape sometime to give more spots for these new acros I got chillin on my frag rack.