partsman
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as i am new to setting up a sump / refugium i am nowhere new to this hobby of 20 years or better. i have been told your the man as far as plumbing goes .....
here's the question ...
i have a 120 gal - non drilled reef with ample water flow and currently using a cpr hang on refugium and several seio pumps etc.
i am setting up a 24 x 12 x18 reef lab refugium under the tank stand with skimmer - heater - etc mounted inside .
i've purchased the CPR CS100 rated at 800 gph for an overflow and the MAG 9.5 rated at 950 gph @ ground level.
using the calculator at " reef &&###" i estimate about 635 gph with 2- 1 inch return lines (pvc plumbed) tee'd and running to each end of the tank and over the top rim with 90's into the tank.
if i use a single 1 inch return line also pvc the calculator estimates about 690 gph back into the tank.
as i would prefer the 2 return lines - looks , dead spot help, ect. - i am concerned that i might have a problem at the overflow return not having enough flow to fill the back chamber in the overflow and get noise and micro bubbles in the sump or main tank as it's rated for 800 gph.
would the difference of 2 return lines @ 635 gph and 1 return line @ 690 gph effect the performance of my overflow that much - and if so .....
how could i stop any noise or bubble problems .
oh yeah - i do not plan on using any ball valves to restrict any flow on the 1 line system but will on the 2 line system to balance flow only ....
he he ...can you tell i've been reading way to much instead of just hacking up a bunch of pvc pipe and getting this over with ....
help ..............!!!!!
wifey is mentpausal and severe depression - driving me so crazy i'm about to take my tank and personels to the garage to live ...ha ha ha
here's the question ...
i have a 120 gal - non drilled reef with ample water flow and currently using a cpr hang on refugium and several seio pumps etc.
i am setting up a 24 x 12 x18 reef lab refugium under the tank stand with skimmer - heater - etc mounted inside .
i've purchased the CPR CS100 rated at 800 gph for an overflow and the MAG 9.5 rated at 950 gph @ ground level.
using the calculator at " reef &&###" i estimate about 635 gph with 2- 1 inch return lines (pvc plumbed) tee'd and running to each end of the tank and over the top rim with 90's into the tank.
if i use a single 1 inch return line also pvc the calculator estimates about 690 gph back into the tank.
as i would prefer the 2 return lines - looks , dead spot help, ect. - i am concerned that i might have a problem at the overflow return not having enough flow to fill the back chamber in the overflow and get noise and micro bubbles in the sump or main tank as it's rated for 800 gph.
would the difference of 2 return lines @ 635 gph and 1 return line @ 690 gph effect the performance of my overflow that much - and if so .....
how could i stop any noise or bubble problems .
oh yeah - i do not plan on using any ball valves to restrict any flow on the 1 line system but will on the 2 line system to balance flow only ....
he he ...can you tell i've been reading way to much instead of just hacking up a bunch of pvc pipe and getting this over with ....
help ..............!!!!!
wifey is mentpausal and severe depression - driving me so crazy i'm about to take my tank and personels to the garage to live ...ha ha ha