To check the plumbing setup and make sure things were operating as planned, I started filling the main tank by pumping water up from the sump. The picture below shows the tank half full. Eventually, the tank was filled and the circulation between the main tank and sump was started. Everything works great. The only problem is that the overflow box is quite noisy (sounds like a toilet flushing every 10 seconds or so.) I'm going to fix this by using stockman standpipes or something similar in the overflow drains.
Main tank filling up with water
I have 210 lbs of Aragamax sand and 2 buckets of Instant Ocean salt on order. Hopefully, I'll get those before the weekend and will add salt and sand to the tank.
