Filter Design

Hello tehre

You should go and check out Marc Levensons DIY for his ref setup.
(rec.aquaria.marine.reefs) there is some VERY useful information on his
website which may help you out with your plumbing issues, he's quite a
friendly chap and would probably help you out if you asked some questions!
HTH
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**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**



"Hal" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:42:04 -0500, "BenignVanilla"
wrote:

My tank sits on a table of sorts and is 3 feet or so off the ground.
There
is a staircase behind it so building a filter above it, and letting it
gravity feed back into the tank could be problematic. Letting the tank
gravity feed down to the filter and then pump back up to the tank would
be
problematic (I think?) because then the tank can conceiveably drain.

One simple suggestion I might to keep from draining the tank, is a
siphon break on a pumped line can be a simple hole in the line/tube.
I pump from the pond filter up to a plant pond and to keep it from
draining/siphoning back I drilled a small hole on an angle toward the
flow just above the waterline at the outlet end and the flow draws air
and adds bubbles in the flow of water. When the pump shuts down the
air hole becomes a siphon break. I'm using 1 1/2" pipe in the pond, but
the same idea should work on a smaller scale.

Regards,

Hal

"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
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Hello tehre

You should go and check out Marc Levensons DIY for his ref setup.
(rec.aquaria.marine.reefs) there is some VERY useful information on his
website which may help you out with your plumbing issues, he's quite a
friendly chap and would probably help you out if you asked some questions!
snip

Does he have a URL?

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

Benign

Hi. I will send it to you tomorrow. Yes you will have to create a siphon,
don't worry about gravity spills, the water will only siphon as deep as your
outlet tube allows, IOW if you only have the siphon going 5-10cm below the
water level then this is where the siphon breaks! Just make sure that your
bucket/tank can take the extra few gallons. I'll send you the link tomorrow,
its much easier to see when there's pics involved.

OK, here's the link to the overflow
http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/overflow.html

and heres the link to his main page
http://www.melevsreef.com/
take a look at some of the sump designs to give you some more ideas. If I
can be of any further assistance just SHOUT . Have a nice evening.
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**



"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
...

Hello tehre

You should go and check out Marc Levensons DIY for his ref setup.
(rec.aquaria.marine.reefs) there is some VERY useful information on his
website which may help you out with your plumbing issues, he's quite a
friendly chap and would probably help you out if you asked some
questions!
snip

Does he have a URL?

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com

"Happy'Cam'per" wrote in message
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Benign

Hi. I will send it to you tomorrow. Yes you will have to create a siphon,
don't worry about gravity spills, the water will only siphon as deep as
your
outlet tube allows, IOW if you only have the siphon going 5-10cm below the
water level then this is where the siphon breaks! Just make sure that your
bucket/tank can take the extra few gallons. I'll send you the link
tomorrow,
its much easier to see when there's pics involved.

OK, here's the link to the overflow
http://www.sparklingfloorservice.com/tank/overflow.html

and heres the link to his main page
http://www.melevsreef.com/
take a look at some of the sump designs to give you some more ideas. If I
can be of any further assistance just SHOUT . Have a nice evening.
snip

That never occured to me. If I keep the output of the tank near the top, I
can't drain it all out. Good thinking.

BV.
www.iheartmypond.com