reefer gladness
Well-Known Member
<drum roll> and the silly question is: Does my ATO float still go down in the sump area?
I plumbed my new tank with the herbie method and just fired up the return pump for the first time tonight. Gate valve seems to be dialed in correctly and the level in my overflow is staying constant. But after the gate valve was dialed in I noticed that any additional water added to the display tank stayed there (while I'm used to it displacing the last chamber in the sump). So now I'm wondering if there's anything special I need to do with the ATO with the herbie method.
Can post pics if needed, I'm using a berlin style sump with this new tank and I'm not very familiar with it. Although there are baffles etc. they're not in the same places as my last pro-flex sump and instead of having chambers with different water levels (ATO went in the last chamber with the return pump) this new one is keeping the same water level in the entire sump. The return pump is external, plumbed to the far end of the sump.
I plumbed my new tank with the herbie method and just fired up the return pump for the first time tonight. Gate valve seems to be dialed in correctly and the level in my overflow is staying constant. But after the gate valve was dialed in I noticed that any additional water added to the display tank stayed there (while I'm used to it displacing the last chamber in the sump). So now I'm wondering if there's anything special I need to do with the ATO with the herbie method.
Can post pics if needed, I'm using a berlin style sump with this new tank and I'm not very familiar with it. Although there are baffles etc. they're not in the same places as my last pro-flex sump and instead of having chambers with different water levels (ATO went in the last chamber with the return pump) this new one is keeping the same water level in the entire sump. The return pump is external, plumbed to the far end of the sump.