Hi guys…
In the process of planning my fish room build. Working on getting the walls painted and the concrete flooring protected. My neighbor is a commercial roofer and offered to lay down a sheet of epdm rubber on the floor.
I have an old 90 gallon tank that had an internal overflow on the back that I plan on using for increased water volume and a refugium. I’d like to plug the internal overflow holes and drill two new holes on the side for two 3/4” bulkheads with bulkhead strainers. These lines would drain the refugium (90 gallon tank) back to the return section of my sump (past the skimmer and filter socks). I’d like to have a thriving pod population in my display tank.
I know it isn’t great having more holes in a fish tank. I haven’t drilled the side of the tank yet and could use the existing holes drilled on the bottom.
Basically the fuge would be fed from a dedicated pump in my sump return section or from a manifold off the main return pump, water would flow through the two bulkheads with strainers on the side, back to the return section of the pump.
Anything I’m missing here?
Photos show the holes I want to plug in the bottom and roughly where i would add the bulkhead. I’d shoot for the two bulkheads to be as close to the same height as possible.
In the process of planning my fish room build. Working on getting the walls painted and the concrete flooring protected. My neighbor is a commercial roofer and offered to lay down a sheet of epdm rubber on the floor.
I have an old 90 gallon tank that had an internal overflow on the back that I plan on using for increased water volume and a refugium. I’d like to plug the internal overflow holes and drill two new holes on the side for two 3/4” bulkheads with bulkhead strainers. These lines would drain the refugium (90 gallon tank) back to the return section of my sump (past the skimmer and filter socks). I’d like to have a thriving pod population in my display tank.
I know it isn’t great having more holes in a fish tank. I haven’t drilled the side of the tank yet and could use the existing holes drilled on the bottom.
Basically the fuge would be fed from a dedicated pump in my sump return section or from a manifold off the main return pump, water would flow through the two bulkheads with strainers on the side, back to the return section of the pump.
Anything I’m missing here?
Photos show the holes I want to plug in the bottom and roughly where i would add the bulkhead. I’d shoot for the two bulkheads to be as close to the same height as possible.
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