toomanytanks352
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Hey everyone,
I set up a very large, multiple tank system in my basement for farming corals. I need 4600GPH and I could either go with a Reeflo external pump for $315 or I could go with three smaller pumps for $150...half the price. Although the electricity will be steeper for the three pump setup, this doesn't matter since all of my electric is solar. My question is, What are the pros and cons for having three pumps tied together in a manifold vs. one large pump. An immediate pro I can see is redundancy. For instance, say a pump burns out, I still have 2/3 going strong to keep the circulation going. Whereas if I had one pump and it burns out, I have no circulation at all. I think that this setup would be ok if you plumbed them together in a larger diameter pipe, thus reducing the pressure of pushing water against each other. Let me know your thoughts!
-Nick
I set up a very large, multiple tank system in my basement for farming corals. I need 4600GPH and I could either go with a Reeflo external pump for $315 or I could go with three smaller pumps for $150...half the price. Although the electricity will be steeper for the three pump setup, this doesn't matter since all of my electric is solar. My question is, What are the pros and cons for having three pumps tied together in a manifold vs. one large pump. An immediate pro I can see is redundancy. For instance, say a pump burns out, I still have 2/3 going strong to keep the circulation going. Whereas if I had one pump and it burns out, I have no circulation at all. I think that this setup would be ok if you plumbed them together in a larger diameter pipe, thus reducing the pressure of pushing water against each other. Let me know your thoughts!
-Nick