fuge help plz!!!!!
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barry cuda
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It's not totally clear what the question is from your post. What do you mean by "every time it drains?" Do you not have constant flow between the tank and fuge? Or am I missing something?
nacl-man
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If there is not a constant flow of water then my guess would be air bubbles built up in your PVC piping... run water through it for a while to flush all the bubbles out, as long as there is a check valve or some other way of keeping air from entering your return line when there is no water going through it you should be ok...
barry cuda
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So it's the overflow from the fuge draining into the main tank? In that case, I'm not sure what your best resolution is...I use a sump below the tank with baffles to keep bubbles away from the return pump.
spmnarciso
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I had the same problem with my above display fug. I tryed a number of things like adding a sponge above the fug. drain... to adding a tee fitting at the end of the return to let air escape. I then bought some loc-line tubing with a duckbill end and connected it to the end of the return. I placed it above the water level in the display to cause surface agitation and release air bubbles. That did it for me. Since then I added a skimmer that runs to my fug., which increased the flow, therefore my drain is always catching up.
Leave the same piping and increase the flow rate.
Leave the same piping and increase the flow rate.
spmnarciso
Active Member
How big of a fug. do you have? From the looks of it you have quite a few elbows which will slow down your flow considerably. A 1200 only pumps at about 270-300GPH, I think, so depending on your fug size, a slightly larger pump will do fine and if you find it to be too much add a valve to restrict it some.
spmnarciso
Active Member
You might want to restrict the opening to the return. Smaller piping to allow less water to rush through all at once. But be careful for clogs. Use screening.