I got the piping done this afternoon. I wanted to show off what I did, and why.
I know this method works. It is silent for water flow. The biggest offender is the pump, but it is durable and I will keep it. Noise is not an issue at this point* I will briefly touch on that later.
This tank is on a tall stand. I think it is 45ish inches to the bottom of the tank from the floor. I mounted the tank to the wall with this:
Its a 2x4 drilled into 2x studs with another as a spacer. I left my pipe marks for center lines for 3x 3x4" lines. One supply, and 2 return. They are coming through a 4" window in the anchor. The brace is level with the pine at the top of the tank. I have 3-1/8" of space behind the tank to get basic piping, which is the closest I could get using a spigot fitting.
This is the pump piped out from the rear. used a pair of 45 fittings to keep resistance low.....Of all the things I ever wanted to change in my old system, this was a big one. This is a HUGE reduction in turns and fittings. I felt so good about it, I put a check valve in, so when the power goes out I have something to help stop back flow. I know they are prone to fail, but this is a good one. The whole body comes apart, and you can clean all the garbage from it...It was excess from a job. All I need to happen is the hole in the top of the pump line to break the vaccuum when the power goes out/feeding time before it drains down.
Simple Waste lines:
I know one of the drains will take all of the flow already, and presume it to be the one on the right. I reused all my valves that were salvageable, and installed them on each line....even color coded for lolz. I added unions at the bottom, only because they were leftovers from a job and will allow me to pull out the drains and modify/clean etc. The way I have it piped makes it so that I just pushed the tank back against the wall, screw it in, and it is done. pipes are supported by the reinforcement 2x4s.
I am guessing that by TUESDAY there will be water in this system. However, It all depends on how many clean buckets I can find.
I will be adding more pipe supports with threaded rod and split ring hangars at the bottom. I would like some stability....not that this won't work, I just know it is 100% hard piped to drilled glass, and don't want to cock it the wrong way.
I also spray-painted the 2 corner areas that were never done...because at the time the corner overflows were solid black. The urchin chewed the paint right off of them. I didn't want to see the wall through the back, so I painted it. Its a minor difference, but makes me happy.
*Noise issue
My inlaws own a HUGE home, and they are also very very old. They need lots of help throughout the day, and it will only be worse. I indicated on this thread earlier that my father passed. We had moved near my parents to help with him, and it was great. Now, they need our help badly. They requested our presence. They love the joy and life my kids, their grand kids bring to the house.
We don't have noise issues due to an oxygen creating machine.
The house is a issue for offtopic, but it needs EVERYTHING (roof/windows/floors etc). It was also given to us years ago. I can't renovate with the current lung issues in the home. We are here to take care of business as necessary.