AndyL Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 basically think of them as silencers - straight plumbing will result in a wonderfully loud water crashing / gurgle / toilet flushing sound. You still need a way to get the water out of the tank and on its way towards the sump - these just cap however you choose to do that... Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted January 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 ok, they make things quite, got it. How would it work with pvs pipes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Prawn Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 I'll be building my sump in about 4 weeks, as soon as my 180 gallon tank from Gold's arrives. I got a oveflow built in with a return hole drilled in the left back corner, and purchased a Mag Drive 1800 for my pump. I'm still a little foggy on how to create it so if something happens your water doesn't keep filling up your sump, but I'm reading up on it. Once I have my tank, I will take photos and write up a step by step process on how I did it. -Hideo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyL Posted January 30, 2006 Report Share Posted January 30, 2006 Well, with a straight over the back run - normally you'd just drill a couple holes just below the water line so that in case of power outage, you'd get some syphon - but the air would soon follow to cut the syphon effect. With a drilled return - I'd say you better look at a 1-way valve to ensure the tank doesn't back flow. Or find some other way to draw air in to break the syphon. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2006 (edited) ok got a tank for the sump, looks like one of those tank petsmart uses, its 20g or so. its drilled in the back and ive the peices that attach to it.... i thought of using pvc types but i dont know how thats going to work. then i thought of plastic flexible tubing, but i dont know how its going workeither. ive run into a road block again. Edited May 13, 2006 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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