nanolong

The valve is on the drain that has a siphon. So I'm assuming that is the low drain.

Thank you to everyone for the responses! I've attached a few photos of the overflow box and return with the valve. I inserted the white crate box as a way to put filter floss in the overflow to reduce the noise but it didn't work. Adjusting the flow higher and lower hasn't done anything to change to noise volume either.

Does anyone know how I can silence this overflow? It is extremely loud. The sound is coming from the water dripping from the skimmer box. I've tried everything to get the water level to raise in the black overflow box but have been unsuccessful.

Added a few more corals.

I took the risk and left mine to self auto for a week when I was at the beach. Luckily, nothing bad happened. If I had to do it all over again I would probably have a camera to watch the tank and call a neighbor if anything went awry.

Thanks!

Added some more rock and a few corals. Have a strawberry basslet that needs a new home. When I added two peppermint shrimp the basslet started to attack both the shrimp. Also, added two H ygger wave makers that are facing each other in the front of the display and a Jebao dosing pump that is dosing Kent's two part in the mornings. The chaeto seems to be growing well which was surprising to me since I just threw it in there before the tank even cycled.

I tried to incorporate Scorched's tank idea and agree that it is risky business. I'll probably run YHSublime's tank model when I upgrade to the Mr Aqua tank down the road.

Did some rock scaping and got the refugium and chaeto going. Does anyone think I really need a filter sock with a skimmer and refugium? ATO bucket is on the side to top of with RO/DI water.

Well, that makes perfect sense. I'm kicking myself now for not going bigger.

I'll move up to 1" if you think it's best. Have a recommendation for black tubing?

I just assumed a full siphon would have a set flow rate and you match the return with that rate.

I guess I don't understand the advantage of the 1" PVC. That would be a flow rate of 600GPH so the tank would be turning over 30x an hour. That seems like chaos to me, but I'm still new at this. First time drilling and creating a custom tank.

I could take the return off and it could be just a straight bulkhead. This is what I added to the return to increase the flow. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077LHT6GP/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Interesting on the PVC and stress. I didn't even think of that. The problem is that I custom built the stand to fit the Mr Aqua 22 gallon for whenever I upgrade to that tank which is not as tall but longer. That's why the PVC out of the bulkhead had to stick out further. You think I should go with tubing with the fear of too much stress on the glass?

I was concerned the flow would be too much if I went any larger. What would you have done? I can always go bigger.

Thanks Thakki!

Yes, the sump can handle the volume that is drained when the return pump is turned off. If I could do it all over again, I probably would have put the lower drain and return drain a little higher to give the sump a little more breathing room. It's cutting it a little too close for comfort at the moment.

Does anyone have a recommendation on a refugium light for the chaeto? Would prefer to spend $50 or less.

There is one 1/2" drain on a full siphon and another 1/2" drain a little above acting as a surface skimmer. There are two low profile strainers on the 1/2" bulkheads. Here's a link to what they look like. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BXRETYW/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_GR2WSBBV5BZSYHKC6NZM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks for the link! That is an insanely sophisticated system.

Hello everyone! I've been out of the hobby for 8 years now and have finally started up another tank. The new tank is inspired by Scorched's Mr Aqua's 12 gallon nano long. There are two 1/2" holes on the left side and a 1/2" return. The goal was to keep the back of the tank as clean as possible. The sump below is a 10 gallon sump (my first sump so still learning). Just thought this may be of interest to some reefers looking at different tank designs. Let me know if you have any ideas!

I'll buy the clowns. How much?