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Nice pic up John, I will be heading out there when the new tank is ready for sure. You know I’m a stick nut. Unfortunately I have to give the tank some time.
It is highly unlikely for 4 pipes to clog simultaneously, but let’s say the gate valve clogs, the adjustment pipe which has no restrictions and the emergency with no restrictions combined should easily carry 800 gph
wouldn’t you think?
Sorry I miss wrote, I mean gravity, like in a Herbie. I have two 3/4” fully submerged pipes that go to a T to a 1-1/4” gate valve I also have one 3/4” pipe to adjust the flow and another 3/4 for emergency. And want to flow about 800 gph.
What’s everyone’s opinion, do you think 3/4” will flow 800 gph?
I know most charts say no but what I have found in the past is that that gate valve is usually mostly shut such as Dave said.
opinions please
Wow th
wow that’s big pipe. For a 120 shouldn’t need anything that big. Hot big is definitely debatable, the chart you usually find online (reef central) says that 3/4” pvc will only flow 400 gallons full syphon and 1” 600gph full syphon I think it’s much more. But I’m no mathematician and...
Make sure you get the right size. When they say 1200gph they mean three 3/4” drains and if you go full syphon 3/4 is kind of small.
for one drain, one overflow, and one emergency.
they will up the bulkhead size for you if you ask.
or just buy a larger size.
good luck
this is my overflow for my new 120 build.
it is from modular marine. E-bay
American made in Texas
It is awesome three drains removable skim box.
it is the second oneI have had last one was on my 180.
very low profile in the tank. In my opinion the only way to go.
I’m putting this out there as I am getting ready to move to a larger tank.
I will be selling my current stand.
the stand is built to hold a 48x24” tank. The height is somewhere around 34 or 36” I will get exact height when I get home from work today. I won’t be parting with it till I set up...