So apparently my other thread died, probably due to the title, so I figured I'd start one just for my problem. So if you know my situation, please skip this entire next paragraph.
So my situation is that I have a Seaclear System II tank. It has a built in wet/dry filter.
The back Looks just like that, except I have some cheato instead of the Bio balls. A while ago I bought this sump/fuge set up
My original plan was to put it higher on a shelf and pump water up to it and have gravity bring it back down. But now my parents would prefer me to have the sump below my tank.
So my question is:: is there any way to move water from my tank DOWN to the sump, without drilling. At the moment, I can't put an overflow on the back, unless there it one that can fit over the side over a 5 inch lip.
Thanks a bunch! Sorry I am such a pest, but that sump has been in my room for half a year already and I want to get it running!
gravity works, just as long as you have redundancy built it big time.
custom overflow dude. without drilling thats your biggest dance partner.
You can tap off a pump drawing from the display with another in the sump pumping it back, but i wouldn't go that route unless your clearly commited, to much reliance on pressure or float systems, not to mention the pumps themselves need to be able to handle cold stops & starts if it fluctuates.
AND if you use one pump to feed the sump and one to get the water back to the tank ... if one stops running and the other does not ... FLOOD !! i would say to having a custom overflow made to fit over the eurobrace is your best bet too.
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B]So my question is:: is there any way to move water from my tank DOWN to the sump, without drilling.[/b] At the moment, I can't put an overflow on the back, unless there it one that can fit over the side over a 5 inch lip.
Here's something radical: Why not pump water UP to your sump/refugium and let the water overflow back to your DT?
Sorry - I just noticed you mentioned that your parents would not like that...
Wait a second. Your parents don't want the sump above the tank and don't want you to drill. If they knew anything about the fallibility of siphon overflows, they wouldn't want you to have one of those either... It seems as if they really don't want you to have a sumpfugium!!!
Ether way, a sump by its very nature is only to provide extra water volume, a place to hide gear & to increase the oxygen content without the "so called" risks of having it distributed in the DT. A fuge alone can be achieved above on the side or under with ease, just takes your melon to sort the plumbing & failsafes
I think some pix and the dimensions of everything would probably help the people who are good with things like this. BTW, I am not one of those people.
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Wait a second. Your parents don't want the 
