Plumbing

Hope this helps someone on there water changes.

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Today I got to work on my sump. Fun times until I hit a snag... ugh... again. OK I don't have pics to post so I will need you guys to put on your imagination hats on. My sump is a 110 gal tank 6 feet long. My original plan was to place the external pump next to the sump making the total length of sump and dart pump about a little less than 7 feet. After measuring it all out it fits perfect inside the stand (without the plumbing parts). After trying to add all the plumbing it will not fit.
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I like the Sequence Dart pumps, but like anything they too need to be repaired as parts give out over time. I looked at the twin pumps that run 24 hours a day, and was surprised to see salt creep and crusty stuff amassing in their vicinity. Yuck!



I called up the people at Reeflopumps.com and they shipped me out new seals and four new bearings. When you have the pump pulled part for the seals, it's only a little ...

When I set up the 400g, I had plans to make the water changes something less involved. I bought a high-end dual-head dosing machine, with the goal to automate water changes during the night on a regular basis, but I had trust issues with such a device and never got it fully installed.

Over the past 15 months, when I needed water from the 265g poly tank, I used some spaflex tubing, pointing it into the sump's return zone and then opened a valve to refill what was removed. That section ...

When here's my disaster story.

Lost power last night to tank on dedicated GFI breaker.

Found the sump over flowed because returned back siphoned and were not in top off tank like they should have been. Well I have a tray underneath the sump that drains by 3/4" uniseal and 3/4" PVC pipe to garage floor. Well that worked too so not big deal right? WRONG!

My 1 year old Reeflo Sanpper Gold managed to get 1/8" water in back end of motor block where ...