jkaese Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Hey everyone I just bought a new sump to upgrade from my pro flex model 2 sump which his only 17.9 gallons to the Nextreef NRS36 which is 34 gallons so you see it will be a nice upgrade for my 75 gallon reef tank. One problem or it might not be a problem I don't know yet, there is 2 bulk head intakes for the drain line in the sump, my tank is plumbed for one drain line that is flex hose. What do I do with this just use one of the bulk heads from the sump?? I posted a pic of what my system looks like and what the new sump look like. Sorry for the side ways pic but you get the idea. Link to comment
Lawnman Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 Hey everyone I just bought a new sump to upgrade from my pro flex model 2 sump which his only 17.9 gallons to the Nextreef NRS36 which is 34 gallons so you see it will be a nice upgrade for my 75 gallon reef tank. One problem or it might not be a problem I don't know yet, there is 2 bulk head intakes for the drain line in the sump, my tank is plumbed for one drain line that is flex hose. What do I do with this just use one of the bulk heads from the sump?? I posted a pic of what my system looks like and what the new sump look like. Sorry for the side ways pic but you get the idea. Just leave it empty or Y off the drain and have it run into 2 holes/socks. I would personally just leave it empty. Link to comment
jkaese Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 ok yeah I use socks so I would just run the line to one hole and leave the other empty Link to comment
Skuba Posted July 19, 2014 Share Posted July 19, 2014 There's only 1 logical thing to do.... Add a frag tank or refugium to the system to drain into that second hole. ? Lol Link to comment
jkaese Posted July 19, 2014 Author Share Posted July 19, 2014 I guess I will only use one of the socks, why do they run 2 anyways my pro flex has 2 I did not understand why. I case you were running 2 returns?? Link to comment
Subsea Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 One reason to run two drains from display tank is redundancy. Make one drain at a slightly higher level. In the event that a snail or biomass restricts primary drain the second drain will prevent overflow in display tank. Patrick Link to comment
farkwar Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 I have read that the Aqueon sumps have really thin acrylic, and bow a lot. Pro Flex Is that true? Link to comment
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