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No dumb questions. You dont use a check valve on your overflow. People use them on their returns to limit the amount of water that siphons back into the sump when the return pump is off. I did that on my first tank until it failed and I overflowed my sump.One more dumb question should I run two check valves or 4. ? 2 on the flow and 2 on the return ?
As long as your sump can handle the volume of water that drains from your display tank, no you don't need them. You can play around with your overflow and return nozzle heights in your display tank to adjust the amount of water that will drain into your display.Yes I was going to run one on each side . I am putting valves to be able to adjust. I'm very new to this on the big side so this is my first sump set up and I'm getting mixed ideas and Imput from YouTube videos. So in all reality I shouldn't even worry about these ?
So should I go about 1/4 or 1/2 inch below the water hight ? Thank you so muchCheck valves on an aquarium are not a good idea. Build up will surely make it so it won’t seal = fail.
Use a siphon brake= small hole drilled just below water level in tank on return line
Somewhere in that range should be fine. The determining factor is how much room you have in sump. Simulate a power outage and see what you got as far as how much water flows down to sump. Obviously you want enough room in sump so that the sump doesn’t overflow. This will determine your max sump water levelSo should I go about 1/4 or 1/2 inch below the water hight ? Thank you so much
Bro thank you so much.Somewhere in that range should be fine. The determining factor is how much room you have in sump. Simulate a power outage and see what you got as far as how much water flows down to sump. Obviously you want enough room in sump so that the sump doesn’t overflow. This will determine your max sump water level
Yeah ManBro thank you so much.