can't keep water in my tank
as the title says, I can't seem to keep the water in my tank. I've checked and there's no leaks but everything is getting wet. Here's what I've got. The tank is a 1/2" acrylic 130gallon with an external overflow. Sump is around 35 gallons. I have an ETSS 750 dual downdraft skimmer and a UV sterilizer. Closed loop is run by an old school Sequence K7, equivilent to the new 5000SEQ22. The output is running through 2 3/4" eductors. My return pump is a Sequence Barracudda and it's teed off the the skimmer and UV. I can't find any leaks, but like I said water is getting everywhere. I've read where several people say the sequence pumps won't work with eductors, so that can't be it. :blink
Don't believe everything you read people. I decided to see for myself and I'm glad I did. I tried both sequence pumps on the eductors and it's unreal. They literally cause the water to splash up and out of the tank. You can't walk past without getting wet. I also have the eductors pointed so that the streams don't come in contact. If I do let them cross, it causes the water in that area to raise up about 2 more inches and comes over the center brace. I'll try to get pics later this week. I tried earlier and the batteries were dead. I'm not worried about it right now because the tank is in my garage. I just finished plumbing it and I'm testing it all out right now. But once I move it in the house, I'm going to have to throttle back the pump some so the floor doesnt get wet.
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