Raven312
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So, I finally got my 65g (mostly) set up but this has been a journey! I got some (what I now see is very fine) sand from someone and though I rinsed it thoroughly I had a sandstorm for 2.5 days (mainly because I mixed the saltwater in the tank, then added the sand). I've never liked my sand this fine, so that was a mistake. Now my sump... finally have it plumbed and doing a test run I got a tank full of bubbles (looks like it's starting to clear), the bubbling of the drain pipe is driving me nuts, and I have a slight leak at the return pipe bulkhead. I have a Mag 9.5 pump and I've had to use a ball valve (I'll replace it with a gate valve) to turn down the flow to match the drain. I'm using 1" PVC. I'm guessing I should have used 1.5" on the drain. I placed a sheet of floss in front of the return pump in an effort to get rid of the bubbles until I can deal with it.
For the drain, will it decrease the noise if I increase the length of the pipe to extend about an inch into the water? That will still leave me plenty of room for siphon. The humming of the return pump... should I set it on a rubber trivet or something, will that help? Is it too late to increase the drain pipe size? If not, how should I go about it with a 1" bulkhead?
I'm exhausted...
Hopefully you can see the video I've uploaded to Youtube (never done that before...)
https://youtu.be/NsQ2ST06-Ug
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For the drain, will it decrease the noise if I increase the length of the pipe to extend about an inch into the water? That will still leave me plenty of room for siphon. The humming of the return pump... should I set it on a rubber trivet or something, will that help? Is it too late to increase the drain pipe size? If not, how should I go about it with a 1" bulkhead?
I'm exhausted...
Hopefully you can see the video I've uploaded to Youtube (never done that before...)
https://youtu.be/NsQ2ST06-Ug
View attachment 12690
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