Re: Sand from Home Depot

[Andrew Dillard]

Title: RE: Sand from Home Depot

easier idea is to partition a small section of your glass sump and put a pump in it, this way you dont have to worry about a siphon failing.       ----- Original Message ----- From: Sisemore, Chris To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:35 PM Subject: RE: Sand from Home Depot If your refugium is glass (like mine) & cant be drilled, you can use a U tube siphon return. To insure that no bubbles get trapped in the U & break the siphon, you can drill & insert a hose barb(I use 1/4" hose)into the top of the U. Attach the other end of the hose to the intake of your pump, the venturi effect will pull the air out. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Shane Clays [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 12:24 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: Sand from Home Depot Rick, The easiest way to do it, is have a refugium that is higher than the sump. Then, you drill a hole in the refugium (above the sump), install a bulkhead and run a pipe from that bulkhead down into the sump. Then, use a powerhead to pump water from your sump into your refugium. Is what will happen is the powerhead will fill the refugium which will overflow through the bulkhead, down the pipe into the sump. Easy money! You may want to drill a second hole as high, or higher if you can, and install a second BH and plumb it as well. This can be used for a back up incase your first one gets plugged for any strange reason. Hope this helps! Shane C.