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I have a Oceanic 135 gallon show tank that I would like to make reef ready. It is 72 1/2"L x 18 1/2"Dx 24 1/2"H. I am planning on making two 3-sided internal overflows out of black acrylic and would like to put bulkheads on each side of each overflow ( 2 per overflow ). One of the overflows will go to a closed loop that will contain inline carbon and heater modules, the flow rate should be around 800 GPH for this loop. The other will go to a sump/refugium with skimmer and the redundant heater.. undecided flow rate at this time. I would like both returns to split via a SQWD (1400 GPH max) before entering the tank. These split returns I would like to come out of the overflow bulkheads. So, each bulkhead will have 1 drain and 2 smaller returns. Does that make sense? So my questions are as follows:
1. Is this a good design? ( this question assumes that my description makes sense...)
2. How big should the holes/bulkheads be?
3. Given these 3 bulkheads at the bottom of each overflow, how big should the overflow be? (Is there a recommended space between the edge of the tank and also between other holes?)
I would appreciate any feedback on this
1. Is this a good design? ( this question assumes that my description makes sense...)
2. How big should the holes/bulkheads be?
3. Given these 3 bulkheads at the bottom of each overflow, how big should the overflow be? (Is there a recommended space between the edge of the tank and also between other holes?)
I would appreciate any feedback on this