Feeding an External Bubble King

[WayneL333]

I got a question. I was wondering if I could feed my External Bubble King 250 directly from an overflow pipe?

I have two 1.5" pipes coming out of my overflow and I was thinking about connecting one directly to BK with a ball valve to control the flow. (I need to try to save on my energy bill after buying this BK

Would this work?

TIA!

[OUinLA]

I don't see why that couldn't be done

[invincible569]

Madison and Heinz are the BK pros. I also dont see a problem with it. Give it a shot and let us know how it worked out.

[John Brancheau]

I think once you got your flow rate dialed in, it should work great............

[scottw]

Yep as they said, it will work perfect, I was going to but the return is WAY too much for the 300 ext. You will love you BK, I know its the best money I have spent so far!

[Heinz]

here is a BK 400 that is feed direct from the overflow pipe, like you want to do,

[Miguelito]

Drooling ....

Waiting ....

Hoping the next 48 hours go by quickly ....

[Fins Reef]

Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock, Tick-Tock.
HTH
Feeding by overflow is no problem, I would tee off main to bleed off the excess if needed.

[WayneL333]

Wow. Thanks for all the replies and thanks Heinz for the pic.

Unfortunately, I can't test it out for a few mores days. I'm still waiting for my tank and sump to be finished being made - I'm just planning my layout right now.

I'll post pics when I get everything together.

[Miguelito]

here is a BK 400 that is feed direct from the overflow pipe, like you want to do,

Hey Heinz - are there other photos of this set-up? I imagine the guy only has a portion of his total overflow water going to the skimmer, where I'd like to run 100% to the skimmer. But I think it would be wise to have a safety "T" somewhere between the overflow and the skimmer. Wondering if this guy's sophisticated plumbing shows this?

Thanks,

David

[OUinLA]

David, you have a bk 300, right? Ideally you want about 500gph, up to 700ish. Not sure how much is going through your overflow but those are the numbers to shoot for for the skimmer.

[Heinz]

David, sorry i dont,

[moonpod]

On this note madison what's the target flow for a 400 external? I'm gonna have two drains with a rd 12 return. One of the drains I would like to use to drive the skimmer fluidized reactor and possibly a ca reactor

[Miguelito]

Thanks Madison, I'll probably only feed 600GPH from my sump. The tank will have lots of flow otherwise.

Chuck - the pump on my 300 actually tells the flowrate of 300-600, does yours?

I would be worried about feeding something that will create backpressure. I think the resistance through a FR will beat the pressure your skimmer pushes and you'll have overflow issues. I could be wrong, just my guess.

[moonpod]

Dave the closest I've actually come to my bk is those pix on the web. I'm still out of town