alot of good tips, thanks :idea: . I have room in the plumbing system in my hood that will allow me to put another set of Y'd off "outputs", making six total. That would totally keep me from having to use powerheads at all. And since it would be a closed loop, I could point the intake down and make sure it is lower than the water level so that if the power went off and came back on there would always be water in the closed loop system....or thats what my little brain in my huge head is thinking. and although the skimming may not be the best, it will have to do. I've seen tanks at the fish stores making it work.

There's no way in :evil: that im tanking the tank down again to drill more holes. and if I went any lower it would cause more water to go into the sump/fuge with a power loss and cause a flood.

The inside of the bulkheads is 3/4 inch.

I'm gonna be a hard head and incorporate everyones recomendations into my new idea and work it and see what happens. All you guys can do is pray for me...and wish me success.

Thanks for the help again. If I don't get this blasted thing to work I'm gonna give up....I need to be concentrating on school. I sat in my class this morning and all I did was think about how I could get this to work. AND IT WAS MY RESEARCH METHODS CLASS...THAT I FAILED LAST SEMESTER!!! I had hoped to have this situated before school started again, but here I am.