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I just finished setting up my new tank with the sand live rock and water. Running a small sump at the bottom. While the tank was very cloudy from the sand the skimmer was going crazy foaming and pulling a lot of wet skimmate out. Now the tank has cleared up but is still cloudy but the skimmer is...

Nvm i think i found the answer. Thanks anyway. Nice tank btw. Looking good

Hey Buddy, I was checking out your pictures of your plumbing setup. Mine will be very similar. What did you use to seal the joints in the pvc pipe? Thanks

Thank you BL1 Im pretty sure I understand head loss now. Also the picture that didn't show is basically the exact same as the one at the top of this page just another valve on the return allowing me to adjust flow rate on both the drain and return.

K so how does this look? And what exactly is head loss? Also is 650 to 750 an acceptable flow rate for a 20g? [/IMG]

It will self regulate the flow shouldn't it since the drain should drain out as fast as the water is pumped in? I read that 3/4 is about 650 gph so as long as my return pump is not higher than that it shouldn't pump the sump dry correct?

Sounds good. Now with this idea what gph return pump should I be looking for?

What I had planned to do was to drill a drain hole in the tank instead of doing an overflow. Here is a picture of what I was thinking. Does this work? and with what gph return pump? Any detailed help would be much appreciated. I have not done my own plumbing before.

Thanks little fish. One other thing I was wondering and I'm not sure if you know or not. But when drilling the plumbing for the tank how does using 3/4 inch piping sound? Would this give me enough flow rate on a 20g? and What gallons per hour should I look for in a return pump? Thanks

Yea I will definitely be doing a fugue and a scrubber. However if I do upgrade and go with a 30g tank would you recommend a skimmer then? Also should I not do a skimmer because it is simply a waste because the system is so small? Or is it because it would be removing so much it would be...

Thanks little fish. In terms of the mechanical tray I was thinking along the lines of in case I needed some type of phosphate control or other chemicals however I have alway been weary of chemicals in the system and I figure if I do incorporate a scrubber then those things shouldn't be a...

Yea thats awesome on the Duncans. I absolutley love those things but they tend to be pretty expensive. In terms of the Algea scrubber that is amazing, I am currently working a smaller tank build 20g maybe 30 but after seeing your success i will likely try to incorporate a small scrubber into my...

Hello Everyone, Well I've been off and on in the saltwater hobby for about 8 years now and have had a few tanks and setups through high school and college. I haven't had a tank for about a year and a half now but the hobby is simply to enticing and I'm looking to get back into it. The Plan...