2 questions...

[macawmagic]

1. does anyone have a 29gal. tank (or similar) with an awesome flow pattern? I wanna set this up right the first time and not have to redo it later.

2. how many gph can a 1" drain handle?

 

[WWC]

http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/drain.php

hope this help

 

[macawmagic]

i was working with that...but that says that a 1" drain could only handle 590 gph which I thought a 1" could handle more...maybe i'm mistaken. any input?

also, I think I talked my parents into buying 2 tunze 6025's for the tank. that plus about 600 gph return should be enough flow!

 

[ahoyhoy239]

i always hear that 1" can take 600 max

 

[dent2011]

I have a 29 gal tank with two 3/4" drains, and an OR6500 attached to a SCWD for my CL (4 outlets). I also have a mag5 as a return pump. PM me with an email if you want some high res pics. I get great random flow, and no pesky powerheads visible!

 

[illal]

1" = 600 gph

 

[loyalrogue]

What they said.

If you look at a standard 600gph overflow box kit it has a single 1" drain.
A standard 1200gph overflow box kit has two 1" drains.

 

[wizsmaster]

a 1" drain can barely handle an eheim 1260 @ 4" head. Learned the hard way ... surges up & down, too much of a risk. I will have to put a valve in and slow it down a bit.