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Water line question

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Turbosek
, 05-08-2010 at 06:05 PM (4812 Views)
Ok, I have everything plumbed and set up on my new 162 gallon in wall tank. I am about to add the substrate. I am concerned about the water line. I have a sumo, so the water line only move up or down if I open or restrict the drain coming from the overflow. I attached the wall wood trim around the tank, filled nail holes, paint, etc, and whe I have the overflow drain fully open, the water line is about 1 inch below the trim. I have to back the drain off about 30% to get the return pump to raise the water line so it's hidden. I do not like having to do that.

Will adding the 4-6 of sand in the display tank raise the water line at all. My thought is no....but just hought I would ask. I know it will displace water, but I am thinkg the water line will stay no matter what. I also know that the return section in the sump goes up and down with evaporation. I really do not want to have to pull the trim, recut and repaint everything and adjust them.

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Updated 05-08-2010 at 07:06 PM by melev

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  1. melev's Avatar
    First of all, never restrict a drain line. If you ever have a fish or snail go down the drain, it could act like a cork and stop up the drain. Now the display will overflow because water can't exit any longer via the drain plumbing.

    Putting in more sand won't make a difference in the water line height once the water has equalized. It'll be more full initially, but it will then drain down and you'll be back to the same situation.

    Your trimwork is too high, more than likely. You could apply black felt or black acrylic across the top section to hide the error, or fix the trim.

    Post a picture or two of the situation.
  2. fchidsey's Avatar
    You can't raise the stand pipe or raise the overflow box?

    some pics would be good to come up with some other solutions as previously stated
  3. Midnight's Avatar
    ya, you overflow is what determines your water level in the tank. if you can't raise your overflow then you will have to lower the trim.
  4. austin93's Avatar
    What about putting something behind the teeth in the overflow to raise the operating level of the tank?