My First Reef Tank! RedSea 525

[jayteerq]

Will be my first time hard plumbing... Was a little nervous but feeling a lot more confident now that I have a majority of it modeled

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Plumbing is a breeze, dry fit everything then go from there

 

[jayteerq]

@BiGGiePauls33 @Cpage101 Do we have build thread badges?

 

[Chris.Reef]

@BiGGiePauls33 @Cpage101 Do we have build thread badges?

Unfortunately we have not been able to get the linked build thread badges to work.

 

[Cpage101]

@BiGGiePauls33 @Cpage101 Do we have build thread badges?

man you influencers you want it all Lol!!

 

[Cpage101]

Will be my first time hard plumbing... Was a little nervous but feeling a lot more confident now that I have a majority of it modeled View attachment 220727

don’t forget your gate valve on your main drain

 

[Cpage101]

Will be my first time hard plumbing... Was a little nervous but feeling a lot more confident now that I have a majority of it modeled View attachment 220727

as well as the (2) return lines gate valves to be able to balance returns flow evenly. also unions are your best friend

 

[Cpage101]

 

[jayteerq]

man you influencers you want it all Lol!!

Lol you’re just old. But gate valves on returns to even them out how come you have on off valves on yours

 

[jayteerq]

as well as the (2) return lines gate valves to be able to balance returns flow evenly. also unions are your best friend

I added a check valve on my return pump as well

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Mount that check valve vertically, not too sure about its operation horizontally.

 

[jayteerq]

Mount that check valve vertically, not too sure about its operation horizontally.

Thanks Paul. I was looking into the mechanism of how they work and asked myself the same thing. Definitely will have it mounted vertically! Lol

 

[Cpage101]

Lol you’re just old. But gate valves on returns to even them out how come you have on off valves on yours

ha ya i mean ball valves ya got me there

 

[jayteerq]

ha ya i mean ball valves ya got me there

Ayeeeeeeeee im learning lol. Still nervous about plumbing but hey im learning. Question you got any advice on what to do about that long bottom piece of pvc that connects the right return to the left return? They don't sell pipe that long and I'm afraid that's a lot of weight once running? Should i just cut in half and get unions to break it up? Or is there a better route to route this channel?

 

[jayteerq]

Nevermind Corey. Im looking at your plumbing and you have something similiar haha

 

[Cpage101]

Nevermind Corey. Im looking at your plumbing and you have something similiar haha

get rid of the 3 way 90 and use a tee fitting

 

[Chris.Reef]

Nothing to be scared about with plumbing. Just dry fit and then use primer then cement. Also like Corey said use a tee instead of the 90 three way. Water likes to go the route of least resistance and if you use the 90 three way the majority will just want to go up the right side return and you will have to significantly throttle it down.

 

[jayteerq]

get rid of the 3 way 90 and use a tee fitting

It wouldn’t hit the sump if I did that. That’s way I went for the 3 way corner fitting

 

[jayteerq]

Nothing to be scared about with plumbing. Just dry fit and then use primer then cement. Also like Corey said use a tee instead of the 90 three way. Water likes to go the route of least resistance and if you use the 90 three way the majority will just want to go up the right side return and you will have to significantly throttle it down.

Oof ok thanks! I read about people using those 2 in 1 primer + cement products. Would those be okay to use?

 

[Chris.Reef]

Oof ok thanks! I read about people using those 2 in 1 primer + cement products. Would those be okay to use?

Are you using schedule 80 or 40?