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01/10/2019, 04:19 PM | #1 |
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Ummmmm, oh man, any suggestions?
Yeah I might have miscalculated on the new SPS tank here lol just a little.
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01/10/2019, 08:55 PM | #2 | |
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01/10/2019, 09:10 PM | #3 |
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Looks like in-line UV..... why cant you install sideways?
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01/11/2019, 09:06 AM | #4 |
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put it on the drain if your tank is drilled in the back. if it's drilled on the bottom put a pipe to the outside of the stand and tack it on outside of the tank. then back in. or do an over the top of the tank return
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01/11/2019, 09:13 AM | #5 |
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It is.. and you certainly can..
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01/11/2019, 04:27 PM | #7 |
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I wouldn't put a uv on a drain, too many bubbles, and too much risk of losing water contact. You'd have to make sure when water flow stops, it stays full of water. So you'd end up with a trap that will collect sediment.
Plumb it sideways and make sure if flow stops, it stays full.
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01/13/2019, 10:12 AM | #9 |
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I plumb a big UV on my main siphon drain, but I had to cobble a few accommodations and would not recommend it to the novice. If you run a controller, you can associate the UV with either flow meters or main pump on/off so that the UV is off if there’s no flow. I also put a port in mine along the top edge as a way to measure that the unit is fully flooded. Only works with a long drop.
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01/13/2019, 06:15 PM | #10 |
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I mounted mine on bottom of tank and plumbed it off a baffle from my return
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01/14/2019, 11:23 PM | #11 |
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I don't think I can fit it, it's massive. And then I'm not too sure about the inlet and outlet and how they're aimed either. I would think a "U" shape like that would cause faster flow through?
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