scubamedic
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I just finished my new sump/refugium and now need to figure out what size pump I need.
First let me tell you what I have. I have a 58 gal FOWLR for the most part. I have a few mushrooms. I have a SeaLife Systems overflow off of one of a wet/dry. I'm not sure what size the overflow tube is but it is over 1". I measured it and it was somewhere around 1 1/8" maybe or 1 1/16". That was the inside diameter. I also has a 1" bulkhead fitting. My point to all this is that I am not sure what the max flow is. All of this goes down to a broomer special rubbermaid sump/fuge.
Now let me tell you what I want to do. I want an in sump pump that will feed the fuge and 4 outputs in the tank. I may also want it to feed my canister filter on occasion but I'm not sure on that. Probably not though. I thought about coming out of the pump and putting a "T" in and feeding the fuge (with a valve) and then have the rest go to another "T" feeding the 2 left outputs off of one side and the 2 right outputs off the other.
I know I should keep the elbows to a minimum.
I also need help on which pump to buy. It seems most people have good look with the mag drives so I was thinking of a mag drive 950 or 700. I don't want to go to big, but I can always put a valve in to back it down. I also don't want to go to small. Nothing you can do there except wish you would have gotten a bigger pump.
Thanks to the board for all of the help and inspiration you have given me. It really looks like I may actually do this one right the first time thanks to everyone here!!
First let me tell you what I have. I have a 58 gal FOWLR for the most part. I have a few mushrooms. I have a SeaLife Systems overflow off of one of a wet/dry. I'm not sure what size the overflow tube is but it is over 1". I measured it and it was somewhere around 1 1/8" maybe or 1 1/16". That was the inside diameter. I also has a 1" bulkhead fitting. My point to all this is that I am not sure what the max flow is. All of this goes down to a broomer special rubbermaid sump/fuge.
Now let me tell you what I want to do. I want an in sump pump that will feed the fuge and 4 outputs in the tank. I may also want it to feed my canister filter on occasion but I'm not sure on that. Probably not though. I thought about coming out of the pump and putting a "T" in and feeding the fuge (with a valve) and then have the rest go to another "T" feeding the 2 left outputs off of one side and the 2 right outputs off the other.
I know I should keep the elbows to a minimum.
I also need help on which pump to buy. It seems most people have good look with the mag drives so I was thinking of a mag drive 950 or 700. I don't want to go to big, but I can always put a valve in to back it down. I also don't want to go to small. Nothing you can do there except wish you would have gotten a bigger pump.
Thanks to the board for all of the help and inspiration you have given me. It really looks like I may actually do this one right the first time thanks to everyone here!!
