jjk_reef00
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I just picked up a used acrylic 375 (8'x30"x30"). It is drilled for closed loop on the bottom, and has 2 little giant pumps. I want recommendations for how to set it up and for a pump that isn't going to act like a heater.
Here is a sketch of the setup looking from the top to the bottom.
Bulkheads 1-4 are 1" and a-b are both 3/4".
I'm putting a glass holes overflow on side with the +++.
It will have 2 returns from the sump comming in at about 4.
It will be 3-side viewable room divider which is why the overflow and returns are on the same side (although I could move one of the returns to about 2 if needed). I think with the closed loop I won't need to extend the return.
I also plan on having 1 or 2 Tunze 6305's on the same side as the overflow.
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I was going to use either 2,3 or 3,4 as intakes using these: http://www.aquabuys.com/p/OV10010.html
The other 4 would be returns for the closed loop.
I ws thinking about using a waterblaster pump but I'm not sure what size I should go with? The larger models have 1.25" intake so I was going to use a large pump and send 2 of the 1" bulkhead inakes into a single 1.25" pump intake. Then have the pump drive 4 of the outputs. I have the optoin of plugging a,b and have only 2 closed loop returns.
So 3 questions:
1.) Should I use 2,3 or 3,4 as intakes?
2.) Shoud I use a single large pump fed by 2 intake or get 2xsmaller pumps? (And which pump should I use WaterBlaser xxxx, or other pump)
3.) 2 or 4 closed loop returns (should I plug a,b)?
If you have a better way of setting this up I would love to hear.
At this time I don't want to drill the tank anymore than what it is (but I will consider it if people feel it is the best thing). I'm not really worried about redundancy with 2 pumps since I will be using 2 Eheim 1262 return pumps from my sump and I will have the Tunze(s).
Here is a sketch of the setup looking from the top to the bottom.
Bulkheads 1-4 are 1" and a-b are both 3/4".
I'm putting a glass holes overflow on side with the +++.
It will have 2 returns from the sump comming in at about 4.
It will be 3-side viewable room divider which is why the overflow and returns are on the same side (although I could move one of the returns to about 2 if needed). I think with the closed loop I won't need to extend the return.
I also plan on having 1 or 2 Tunze 6305's on the same side as the overflow.
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I was going to use either 2,3 or 3,4 as intakes using these: http://www.aquabuys.com/p/OV10010.html
The other 4 would be returns for the closed loop.
I ws thinking about using a waterblaster pump but I'm not sure what size I should go with? The larger models have 1.25" intake so I was going to use a large pump and send 2 of the 1" bulkhead inakes into a single 1.25" pump intake. Then have the pump drive 4 of the outputs. I have the optoin of plugging a,b and have only 2 closed loop returns.
So 3 questions:
1.) Should I use 2,3 or 3,4 as intakes?
2.) Shoud I use a single large pump fed by 2 intake or get 2xsmaller pumps? (And which pump should I use WaterBlaser xxxx, or other pump)
3.) 2 or 4 closed loop returns (should I plug a,b)?
If you have a better way of setting this up I would love to hear.
At this time I don't want to drill the tank anymore than what it is (but I will consider it if people feel it is the best thing). I'm not really worried about redundancy with 2 pumps since I will be using 2 Eheim 1262 return pumps from my sump and I will have the Tunze(s).
