Sump Question

cubsfan7667 · 01/11/2010, 07:46 PM

Okay i have a 40 gal breeder with 15 gal sump and struggling with the overflow box. Im always trying to get it to flow at the same pace as the pump. So i thought maybe i could just get another pump to bring the water down to the sump instead of an overflow box?? Would this work?? Or not?

bertoni · 01/11/2010, 07:50 PM

No, don't do that. Matching the speed of the pumps over time is not possible.

cubsfan7667 · 01/11/2010, 07:51 PM

ok.. Is there an easy way to get the overflow box to go at a god pace where i dont have to adjust it every day its drving me nuts!!!!!

bertoni · 01/11/2010, 07:54 PM

If the tank has autotopoff, the overflow box shouldn't need adjustment. Is the problem evaporation?

cubsfan7667 · 01/11/2010, 07:57 PM

no.. The pump will be going a little bit faster then the overflow box and ill wake up and the sump will only have like 1 inch of water left in it..

buddyle · 01/12/2010, 09:06 AM

The easier way to fix this problem is put a ball valve in the return line then you can adjust the flow rate. there.... thank you thank you very much...

kclewis · 01/12/2010, 09:13 AM

+1 on the ball valves. cheap and easy.

cubsfan7667 · 01/12/2010, 04:06 PM

k ty

brycerb · 01/12/2010, 06:04 PM

Also you can tee off the discharge side and install a ball valve. That way you wont increase the output pressure, you just dump some of the water back into the sump. Kind of like recirculating it. Maybe even route it to somthing benifitial like a refugium or something.

reefer321 · 01/12/2010, 06:09 PM

A gate valve might have less problems over the long run versus a ball valve which tend to be very hard to adjust after a while... HTH

01/11/2010, 07:46 PM	#1
cubsfan7667 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 52	Sump Question Okay i have a 40 gal breeder with 15 gal sump and struggling with the overflow box. Im always trying to get it to flow at the same pace as the pump. So i thought maybe i could just get another pump to bring the water down to the sump instead of an overflow box?? Would this work?? Or not?

01/11/2010, 07:50 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	No, don't do that. Matching the speed of the pumps over time is not possible. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

01/11/2010, 07:54 PM	#4
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	If the tank has autotopoff, the overflow box shouldn't need adjustment. Is the problem evaporation? __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

01/11/2010, 07:57 PM	#5
cubsfan7667 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 52	no.. The pump will be going a little bit faster then the overflow box and ill wake up and the sump will only have like 1 inch of water left in it.. Last edited by cubsfan7667; 01/11/2010 at 08:04 PM.

01/12/2010, 06:04 PM	#9
brycerb Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Isle of wight, VA Posts: 541	Also you can tee off the discharge side and install a ball valve. That way you wont increase the output pressure, you just dump some of the water back into the sump. Kind of like recirculating it. Maybe even route it to somthing benifitial like a refugium or something. __________________ -Luckily, my wife is reef safe so I can use my normal income for this hobby. -My cichlids love RO waste! Current Tank Info: 7.5 gallon box with water in it.

01/11/2010, 07:51 PM	#3
cubsfan7667 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 52	ok.. Is there an easy way to get the overflow box to go at a god pace where i dont have to adjust it every day its drving me nuts!!!!!

01/12/2010, 09:06 AM	#6
buddyle Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 5	The easier way to fix this problem is put a ball valve in the return line then you can adjust the flow rate. there.... thank you thank you very much...

01/12/2010, 09:13 AM	#7
kclewis REEFER Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Beautiful Bargersville, IN Posts: 383	+1 on the ball valves. cheap and easy.

01/12/2010, 04:06 PM	#8
cubsfan7667 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 52	k ty

01/12/2010, 06:09 PM	#10
reefer321 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Alabama Posts: 94	A gate valve might have less problems over the long run versus a ball valve which tend to be very hard to adjust after a while... HTH __________________ 95g Wave Tank with 29g Sump 2 250 MH 4 36w Actinic Mixed Reef / 75g with 20g long Sump FOWLR / 40g breader Mixed Reef with pc lights Current Tank Info: 95g Wave with a 29g Sump, 75 g with a 20 g sump