Novice setting up sump advice, help please!

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Martinspuddle wrote: Sun Oct 20, 2024 13:13 pm
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How necessary is that tap? Is that to stop noise?
Being a 'durso' stand pipe it needs a small amount of air flow to work. I had one on my reef aquarium.

So yes that tap is necessary and you'll find a durso stand pipe much quieter than a normal stand pipe ...no bath plug hole noise. :]
Cool ta, so the shorter pipe is the main drain and the durso which is higher up is the secondary?
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Kinda yeah. Again with this setup, the lower pipe has the valve on it for adjustment and the top one is left open :)
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I don't need a filter sock if my first chamber is going to be cut to size course, medium and fine foam do I?
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I run floss on top of my foams in the first chamber. This get swapped out weekly when I do a water change.

Mine goes floss > Sponge over and under the bubble trap > Ceramic media > return chamber (with heater) back to tank.
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When I'm putting in the bulkheads. The two seals go against the glass (glass red line in pic) do I need to glue them with the pipe weld I have?
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Check with @fr499y but think if I recall that nylon seals goes under the glass and the rubber above.

Don't glue with pipe weld either. :]

Surely this aquarium comes with destructions @PaulVerrall?
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Nah didn't get instructions, there's pictures on the website that gives you the idea but it's the simpler points that they assume people will know, lol I don't!
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This is on the set up page, it looks like both above glass
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PaulVerrall wrote: Sat Oct 26, 2024 11:32 am Nah didn't get instructions, there's pictures on the website that gives you the idea but it's the simpler points that they assume people will know, lol I don't!
I'd call ND Aquatics to check. No harm in asking. :)
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This is on the set up page, it looks like both above glass
I'd be surprised if it was that way round. Usually it needs a seal both sides.
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Mine has one seal that s inside the glass, maybe yours has one inside and one outside. Would seem strange to have two inside though.

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