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Revision date: 12.23.15
Follow these steps to prepare and install the plumbing
inside the fish-holding tanks and mineralization tank:
Install Pipes Inside the Tanks
WF2198
1-1/2" PVC
See shaded pipe in large tanks
for standpipe locations.
9b
Install mineralization tank plumbing:
Set tank in frame.
Disassemble
bulkhead fitting. Attach additional fittings to main bulkhead body, which
will be installed inside tank. Secure bulkhead assembly to tank.
End of
2" vertical pipe is 4" below top of tank.
Mineralization Tank:
Plumbing
WF1576
2" PVC
WF1576
2" PVC
WF2199
WF8585
WF2199
4"
1. Cut a section of 1-1/2" pvc tubing (WF4140) that reaches from
the bottom of the tank to the bottom of the connecting pipe.
2. Glue a WF2198 adapter to one end of the tube. Allow the glue
to set. See diagram and photo to the right.
3. Take the assembly and install it in one of the large fish-holding
tanks. Hand-tighten only. Do not tape the fitting threads.
4. Verify that the top of the pipe reaches to the bottom of the
connecting pipe. See dashed line in the diagram below.
5. Repeat these steps for all remaining standpipes for the fish-
holding tanks only.
6. Set large, fish-holding tanks in frames, add a gallon or so of
water, and check the bulkhead fittings for leaks.
7. Move to the mineralization tank and install those fittings and
related inside 2" pipe. Use the diagrams below and to the right.
See diagram
and details
above. Length
of pipe depends
on location of
tank and bed.
Mineralization
Tank
Standpipe is
shaded and
inside the
siphon tube.
Large, fish-
holding tanks:
55 gallons
each
Length of installed standpipe
should reach to the underside of
the connecting pipe.
4"
SET TANK IN FRAME BEFORE YOU
INSTALL BULKHEAD FITTING!