**** in one hand and wsh in the other, thats what your experience
amounts to . Its not worth a god dam!
On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:49:00 CST, "G Pearce" <longgone44@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
<<>>> Ok, here's the news.. the good, the bad, and ther ugly....
<<>>>
<<>>> Good: make****ft bulkheads seem to work great, with no leaks! Yay!
<<>>>
<<>>> Bad: Sterilie got a crack from the water weight in the lip on the
top..
<<>>> once the lid is secured on, I think it'll reinforce it fine.
<<>>>
<<>>> Ugly: the water flow in exceeds the waterflow out, so I'm getting
<<>>> overflow.. only options I can think of is trying a larger output
fitting,
<<>>> adding a second fitting the size I currently have. I'm using the
largest
<<>>> hose my Lowe's carries, so I'll need to also rig up a outflow pipe
or hose
<<>>> to the pond.
<<>>>
<<>>> I could use the toilet flanges I got, but I'm still not happy with
the wax
<<>>> seals on them. I'm going to see if there are some 2: fittings that
might
<<>>> work out in the electrical conduit section, or the plumbing section
at
<<>>> Lowe's. I'll need to see if I can use something that will still
accept
<<>>> that make****ft gasket from the web page article.
<<>>
<<>>Hi Garee - IME, a 2" return fitting will handle up to a ~ 2000 gph
pump - if
<<>>you are pumping more than that through the filter, you need more than
1 - 2"
<<>>return line, but more than ~1000 gph going through your filter of 45
gal
<<>>will be a problem as it will not work as well (too fast) - I use a
2500gph
<<>>pump that is "teed" so that I am actually running ~ 800 - 900gph
through my
<<>>45 gal barrel filter and the rest directly to my waterfall
<<>> Gale :~)
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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!
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