15 gal plumbing plan

[rainier29]

Here are my plans to plumb my 15 gal nano-tank.

http://www.reeffrontiers.com/photos_members/showphoto.php?photo=4037&cat=500

The picture is in my photo gallery. Thanks for any input.

 

[Krish]

It looks pretty decent. What size pump will you be running through the spray bar?

 

[rainier29]

Haven't decided yet. I have a quiet one 5000 laying around but I'm not sure if it will be too much or not.

 

[Krish]

Haven't decided yet. I have a quiet one 5000 laying around but I'm not sure if it will be too much or not.

How much gph does it pump out?

 

[reedman]

One thought for you. Spraybars are horribly inefficient. If you are looking to move water from behind the rocks I suggest either outlets at the bottom of the tank or one or more at the top pointing down. This work much more efficiently. It's your tank though and you need to do what you think will work best.

The rest looks fine.

 

[rainier29]

It's rated at 1330 unrestricted.

 

[rainier29]

Could probably put a ball valve on it and slow it down some though.

 

[Krish]

Reed made a great point. Spary bars to me only seem useful to push detritus to the front of the tank on bb systems, but nevertheless people still use them for other applications. I wouldn't put a ball valve on it if it were me. I'll go full blast(LOL) I guess if you felt you were going to get too much current out of each nozzle then you could do that or just split up the flow a little more into more outputs which will calm down the flow, but still give you the coverage. Just a thought...

 

[rainier29]

Reedman. I get your point about the spraybar. I plan on having three outlets on the bottom of the tank about two inches up from the bottom. Do you think I would be better off just having the flow come straight out of those three outlets vs. a spraybar?

 

[Krish]

I vote for outlets with maybe some lockline fittings...

 

[rainier29]

krish...so you don't think that would be too much flow?

 

[Krish]

krish...so you don't think that would be too much flow?

No man!(LOL) Don's got 10,000 gph in his 110 gal! I think if the flow is placed nicely and evenly distributed then it should work out great IMO.

 

[rainier29]

Cool...well I guess that's the plan then. I'll let ya all know how it works.

 

[Krish]

Best of luck! I'm sure it will work out great!

 

[rainier29]

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[reedman]

krish is way too fast for me, but yes, I think you would be better served by having 3 outlets with loc-line (or not....you can add it later). This will provide a more efficient system and allow flexibility down the road.

 

[Krish]

krish is way too fast for me

LMBO! It's hockey season Reed! You have to be on your toes!:lol:

 

[reedman]

LOL....yeah.

Good luck with the tank Rainier

 

[rainier29]

Thanks again.