2 questions that i need help with soon.

[ryanhayes9]

2 questions that i need help with soon.
1. how do you convert a wet dry to a sump or is there a way to add a skimmer and a refugium to a wet dry?
2. when the power goes out and the return pump from the sump goes out the overflow will continue sucking water, how can i prevent a flood?

 

[miaheatlvr]

Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
2 questions that i need help with soon.
1. how do you convert a wet dry to a sump or is there a way to add a skimmer and a refugium to a wet dry?
2. when the power goes out and the return pump from the sump goes out the overflow will continue sucking water, how can i prevent a flood?
Ive seen and read many people doing converts, and #2 I have fitted rubber corks for power outages, or i wil have some serious flooding!

 

[wiz1500]

Originally Posted by ryanhayes9
2 questions that i need help with soon.
1. how do you convert a wet dry to a sump or is there a way to add a skimmer and a refugium to a wet dry?
2. when the power goes out and the return pump from the sump goes out the overflow will continue sucking water, how can i prevent a flood?
I can help with # 2
Make sure your sump is deep enough to handle what your over flow boxes will give it till they don't flow any more...
If I lose power and I'm not home the tank will drain to the top of the over flow lip then stop. My sump has enough capasity (spell) to handle that overage...

 

[rbaldino]

Originally Posted by wiz1500
I can help with # 2
Make sure your sump is deep enough to handle what your over flow boxes will give it till they don't flow any more...
If I lose power and I'm not home the tank will drain to the top of the over flow lip then stop. My sump has enough capasity (spell) to handle that overage...
Exactly. The best thing to do is to make sure your sump has enough available capacity to hold whatever water returns from the main tank if the power goes off. The best way to do this is to fill your tank to the level of the return nozzle (you fill it to here and not the overflow because return nozzles can actually suck water down to the sump when the power is shut off), fill your sump near to the top, turn on the pump, and let the water from the sump fill the remainder of the main tank.

 

[azfishgal]

Originally Posted by rbaldino
Exactly. The best thing to do is to make sure your sump has enough available capacity to hold whatever water returns from the main tank if the power goes off. The best way to do this is to fill your tank to the level of the return nozzle (you fill it to here and not the overflow because return nozzles can actually suck water down to the sump when the power is shut off), fill your sump near to the top, turn on the pump, and let the water from the sump fill the remainder of the main tank.
I second this, also make a small hole in your return tube just before your loc,(mine is in the inside of the pvc elbow), this will prevent it from siphoning your water out of your tank.

 

[wiz1500]

Originally Posted by azfishgal
make a small hole in your return tube just before your loc,(mine is in the inside of the pvc elbow), this will prevent it from siphoning your water out of your tank.
I'm laughing

Because as I was typing an up date came through that said you wrote what I was typing....