Mind. Blown.Flexible pvc pipe. It’s going to blow. Your. Mind. Regarding plumbing options
This is 2 feet doing an s-curve in 2 planes. This is my return line going from basement through floor to office
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Mind. Blown.Flexible pvc pipe. It’s going to blow. Your. Mind. Regarding plumbing options
This is 2 feet doing an s-curve in 2 planes. This is my return line going from basement through floor to office
Pump seems to fit nicely. After i get the skimmer and fit that, i can start cutting baffles.
Good looks like you left enough to upgrade your pump to the 10000 later lol
The name is triton method, attempting to achieve 0 water changes
To play devils advocate (I largely agree with most of your post, that balancing ATO sensor position is dependent on return chamber size)-
Make sure your return chamber isn’t too big, in that, if the pump was to pump it dry and send all that water to the DT (ie if your overflows get blocked) then your DT has enough residual unused capacity that it can take that water volume.
If you have your DT water level an inch below the rim, and this equates to (for example) 9 gallons of space, and your return chamber is 12 gallons... where is that last 3 gallons going?
FWIW I haven’t used this consideration in my builds since I did a bean animal drain system. Blockage failures in all 3 drains at once is statistically extremely unlikely.
agreed; and agreed: highly unlikely. ...But I still agree on the first point. I did say deeper is better - but there is a limit. Don't make the return chamber so deep that it's volume exceeds the spare volume in the attached main display -a good addendum to my earlier comments on return chamber sizing.
and OP - good choice on BeanAnimal.
Re: the last post - you've got the facts you need to move forward. You've done great work researching and considering options. You've listened and comprehended the advice given. It's time to start gaining experience. Time to start making.
So, what should the bottom of the fuge be? Deep sand bed?
You can run a DSB. I would put it in a container or run a remote DSB in case something goes wrong or you decide to remove it. A DSB can crash your tank by the way if it goes wrong. Instead of rocks I would use marine pure blocks in the sump.
An ATS, marine pure block, or chaeto are all places pods can live and I’m sure there’s more.
Just things to consider before you add a deep sand bed.