Help with directing debris to the overflow

rwessels · 12/13/2009, 11:54 PM

I have a 10 foot tank (10x2x2) that was originally designed as fish only that I am using as a reef tank. I have added some circulation in the way of Tunze streams and a few waveboxes, but I am not able to direct the debris to the overflow. I was hoping that someone here would have a few ideas that would help.

Below is a diagram - sorry I have zero artistic ability and am not even that good at paint. Basically I have an Iwaki WMD40RLXT as my return pump. Water is returned to the tank via a 1" line that splits in the overflow into 2 @ 3/4" outlets with loc line. They are currently directed off of the overflow box at an angle about 30 degrees down and at the angels shown in the diagram. The powerhead in the center of the overflow is also on a loc line pointed towards the front of the tank and at about a 30 degree downward angle.

There are two closed loops, each with an Iwaki WMD30RLT. Each loop is fed via a pair of 1" lines on strainers that tee before the pump and output to a 3/4" loc line near the front of the tank - one on the left and one on the right. They are pressure pumps and the water passes through a chiller on the left and a UV Steralizer on the right. They are pointed towards the front of the tank and if you consider zero degrees was straight up, they are at about 20 degrees.

The 6100 Tunze streams are mounted on each side and pretty much point towards the overflow. I have them dialed back to about 60% because of corals that are fairly close. The waveboxes are creating about a 1 - 1.5 inch wave.

In an effort to try to get more debris to head to the overlfow, I have changed out the return pump from a 30RLT to a 40RXLT but that doesn't seem to do a whole lot. I think I need to direct the loc lines from the overflow return and the closed loops differently, but I am not sure how. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I HAVE to drill more holes I can, but I would rather not drain the tank unless I can't find a workaround.

-Randy

rwessels · 12/14/2009, 06:34 PM

Should I post this in the Large Tank Forum?

12/13/2009, 11:54 PM	#1
rwessels Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 779	Help with directing debris to the overflow I have a 10 foot tank (10x2x2) that was originally designed as fish only that I am using as a reef tank. I have added some circulation in the way of Tunze streams and a few waveboxes, but I am not able to direct the debris to the overflow. I was hoping that someone here would have a few ideas that would help. Below is a diagram - sorry I have zero artistic ability and am not even that good at paint. Basically I have an Iwaki WMD40RLXT as my return pump. Water is returned to the tank via a 1" line that splits in the overflow into 2 @ 3/4" outlets with loc line. They are currently directed off of the overflow box at an angle about 30 degrees down and at the angels shown in the diagram. The powerhead in the center of the overflow is also on a loc line pointed towards the front of the tank and at about a 30 degree downward angle. There are two closed loops, each with an Iwaki WMD30RLT. Each loop is fed via a pair of 1" lines on strainers that tee before the pump and output to a 3/4" loc line near the front of the tank - one on the left and one on the right. They are pressure pumps and the water passes through a chiller on the left and a UV Steralizer on the right. They are pointed towards the front of the tank and if you consider zero degrees was straight up, they are at about 20 degrees. The 6100 Tunze streams are mounted on each side and pretty much point towards the overflow. I have them dialed back to about 60% because of corals that are fairly close. The waveboxes are creating about a 1 - 1.5 inch wave. In an effort to try to get more debris to head to the overlfow, I have changed out the return pump from a 30RLT to a 40RXLT but that doesn't seem to do a whole lot. I think I need to direct the loc lines from the overflow return and the closed loops differently, but I am not sure how. Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I HAVE to drill more holes I can, but I would rather not drain the tank unless I can't find a workaround. -Randy

12/14/2009, 06:34 PM	#2
rwessels Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 779	Should I post this in the Large Tank Forum?