850 Gallon Build - Plumbing Help

[Robert S Colton]

I just got my 850 on the stand and in the house and need some ideas for plumbing the drains. My sump is outside the house in a fish room. Here are some photos. I need to figure the best way for all 3 of my 2 in drain lines to get outside and feed into my 3 reefmat 1200s. My sump is 120x26.5x24. I want to have it raised on a stand but a worried about the drop to feed the reefmats. Thank you for any advice in advance!

 

[bakbay]

Awesome - congrats, neighbor! Definitely following along.

@danreef55 is an excellent engineer and can definitely help!

 

[danreef55]

I just got my 850 on the stand and in the house and need some ideas for plumbing the drains. My sump is outside the house in a fish room. Here are some photos. I need to figure the best way for all 3 of my 2 in drain lines to get outside and feed into my 3 reefmat 1200s. My sump is 120x26.5x24. I want to have it raised on a stand but a worried about the drop to feed the reefmats. Thank you for any advice in advance!

Hi Robert,
You should consider making the wall cut out wider and taller.
take a look at these pics to get an idea.

 

[danreef55]

Some pics focusing on staggering the pipes

 

[jsmkmavity]

Some of the plumbing can be done with "spaflex" so you dont need so many 90° elbows in a small space and give you some flexibility in the plumbing. I agree with danreef about making a wider cutout if framing will allow. That will make those connections by the wall so much easier. You can bunch them back closer together after gluing on the 90's if you want to.