I have never in my life had a tank give me so much gried as this one to get set up. Maybe it is an omen..as clearly, from the timeframe involved already it hasn;t been rushed...

The new sump works..however the bulkheads are stillr efusing to seal properly. SO drip drip every time no matter what. I am almsot at the point of siliconning the darn thing sin or using plumbers putty...I would rather they jsut seal!!!

Other than needing to get some spa flex pipe, I should be good to go at this point (providing the bulkheads seal).  I will try again this weekend.