Infirmation needed

[Denture Dan]

I have a 120 gal. tank, not drilled, and would like to install a sump of some sort, after the tours on sunday, I think this is the way I should go. is there a good type of overflow, or is there ones I should stay away from. thanks Denture Dan

[Invigor]

darren (winchester) is selling a 1400gph one.

maybe give him a shout

[Webmaster]

I have a 120 gal. tank, not drilled, and would like to install a sump of some sort, after the tours on sunday, I think this is the way I should go. is there a good type of overflow, or is there ones I should stay away from. thanks Denture Dan

It seems from my reading and my experience that LifeReef overflows are the way to go. I have a single (700gph) and a double (1,400 gph) on my tanks. Never a problem. I've never heard of anyone's LifeReef's flooding.

www.lifereef.com (http://www.lifereef.com/)


Admin

[shawn lipon]

I agree with Admin. If your going to do it, do it right with lifereef.CPR overflows depend on air or waterpumps to prevent failure which can fail themselves.also if the power goes out this is an issue. Lifereef is well worth the extra money considering the cost of cleaning up after your cpr fails and your tank overflows across your living room ruining carpet,furniture,etc. There are cheaper quality clones of lifereef that are also available. These can be purchased locally also.Someone had one for sale used or cmas has new ones in stock. Just my opinion.

[Invigor]

if you have the option of having your tank in a basement where you can drill thru the wall, you get setup a stupidly cheap overflow that's failsafe. it'll cost you about $30, maybe less, maybe more depending on the size of pipe you want to use. kelli's (caelan's) husband invented it. they have a mag18 running it, but capped it down a little bit. he used 2" pipe which I'm sure could handle an incredible amount of flow. they must have had it setup for about 2 months now, and I haven't heard of it failing once. for $30 vs 200+ for a life-reef...it might be an option for you.

[Webmaster]

if you have the option of having your tank in a basement where you can drill thru the wall, you get setup a stupidly cheap overflow that's failsafe. it'll cost you about $30, maybe less, maybe more depending on the size of pipe you want to use. kelli's (caelan's) husband invented it. they have a mag18 running it, but capped it down a little bit. he used 2" pipe which I'm sure could handle an incredible amount of flow. they must have had it setup for about 2 months now, and I haven't heard of it failing once. for $30 vs 200+ for a life-reef...it might be an option for you.

Just a thought on this idea. A LifeReef doesn't require power to run it, the setup above requires a pump to make it work (if I'm reading it correctly, the pump is pumping or "sucking" the water out of the tank into the sump?). I could be all wet here as my plumbing skills are non-existant.

Rick

[Caelan]

The tank has been running on our stupid cheapo "overflow" since the middle of Feb. The power has flashed 2x and been off for 6 minutes once during that time. The system we are using did not fail and retained siphon even after the power went out/back on. If you want to see it, give me a call and we can arrange a time. It's not pretty, but it works fine and since we have it on the other side of the wall, we don't care how it looks.
http://www.8-ender.com/Broom/images/806.jpg is the "overflow" with the left compartment drilled and draining into the sump. The right compartment recieves the siphoned water from the tank. You do not require a pump to run it. The bucket costs $15 at Rona, I don't know what Corey spent on the fittings but I suspect it wasn't much. I think we have the ultimate "ghetto" tank. LOL

[Invigor]

Just a thought on this idea. A LifeReef doesn't require power to run it, the setup above requires a pump to make it work (if I'm reading it correctly, the pump is pumping or "sucking" the water out of the tank into the sump?). I could be all wet here as my plumbing skills are non-existant.

Admin

the only pump being used here is the return pump. it works on the exact same concept as the life-reef, with a little red green engineering on the side.

[briansmyth]

Maybe some of you can give Denture Dan some advice on his skimmer also - Dan has the 120 gallon tank but the skimmer he has on that is a Cyclone, one of those two foot high and 5 inch diameter ones - I thought this might be fairly undersized given Dan's tank - right now Dan only has two small clown fish and a couple of corals in it. Should Dan be thinking of a different skimmer to go with his possibly new sump set-up?