Diman1974
New Member
I need your opinion on using a motorized ball valve on a return line to achieve the following.
My 112-gallon display is connected to a 25-gallon sump by 1" flexible tubing. I do water changes through a sump by draining about 10% of the display volume through a return line. The position of the return loc-line nozzles controls the level of drained water in the sump. It's done this way to avoid draining too much water from the display exposing a bunch of SPSs that sit very high due to my far-from-being-perfect aquascape in a very shallow tank. It works well and I am happy with this setup.
The problem that I am having is during the feeding. I'd like to be able to kill the circulation pumps as well as the return pump without draining lots of water into the sump. Syphon hole will not work for my setup (see above)
I was thinking about adding a motorized UPVC normally open 1" ball valve that will be connected to a WIFI hydros plug. I will close this valve for feeding and will keep it open when I do my water changes.
I am sure that was done before but I could not find any info/feedback. What are the potential issues with such a setup? I understand that saltwater will kill this valve at some point but it should not lead to a flood disaster if it is stuck in an open or closed position (I think
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What do you think? Is there some other less technical way to get that done?
Thanks
My 112-gallon display is connected to a 25-gallon sump by 1" flexible tubing. I do water changes through a sump by draining about 10% of the display volume through a return line. The position of the return loc-line nozzles controls the level of drained water in the sump. It's done this way to avoid draining too much water from the display exposing a bunch of SPSs that sit very high due to my far-from-being-perfect aquascape in a very shallow tank. It works well and I am happy with this setup.
The problem that I am having is during the feeding. I'd like to be able to kill the circulation pumps as well as the return pump without draining lots of water into the sump. Syphon hole will not work for my setup (see above)
I was thinking about adding a motorized UPVC normally open 1" ball valve that will be connected to a WIFI hydros plug. I will close this valve for feeding and will keep it open when I do my water changes.
I am sure that was done before but I could not find any info/feedback. What are the potential issues with such a setup? I understand that saltwater will kill this valve at some point but it should not lead to a flood disaster if it is stuck in an open or closed position (I think
)What do you think? Is there some other less technical way to get that done?
Thanks
