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long drawn out explination, and a couple of short simple (i think, at least) questions...
i'm in the process of setting up a 240g w/ a 100g sump, two back corner overflows, plumbed @ 1.5"
at present, i've got two ampmaster 3600gph (w/ replaced seals, natch) doing closed-loop duty, and an ampmaster 5000gph connected to the sump. the purpose of the 5000 is split between feeding an ETSS 1000 and the return-to-display line.
the problems is...the ampmaster 5000 is *loud*...obnoxiously loud to a point that there's just no way i'm going to use it (if it were in a different room, it'd be fine, but there's no way i can accomplish that)...which leads me to my questions
a setup like this, would 1 large pump or two semi-large pumps be a better fix?
sequence seems like they have two lines of pumps 'reeflo' and 'saltwater' - they both sound like they're made for saltwater (and the accompanying grunge) but there's gotta be some kinda difference here that i'm missing - does one type have a better seal than the other, or something?
i'm considering two 3600gph sequence darts, one for the return-to-display line, and one for feeding the skimmer - but i figured it couldn't hurt to ask the large tank reefers if they might have some benifit of experience to share. i'd rather get everything right while i'm still in the freshwater testing stage than have to re-think/re-do things down the road.
about the only criteria i have are
must feed both skimmer and return
quiet.
low heat.
somewhere between $300-600.
i'm in the process of setting up a 240g w/ a 100g sump, two back corner overflows, plumbed @ 1.5"
at present, i've got two ampmaster 3600gph (w/ replaced seals, natch) doing closed-loop duty, and an ampmaster 5000gph connected to the sump. the purpose of the 5000 is split between feeding an ETSS 1000 and the return-to-display line.
the problems is...the ampmaster 5000 is *loud*...obnoxiously loud to a point that there's just no way i'm going to use it (if it were in a different room, it'd be fine, but there's no way i can accomplish that)...which leads me to my questions
a setup like this, would 1 large pump or two semi-large pumps be a better fix?
sequence seems like they have two lines of pumps 'reeflo' and 'saltwater' - they both sound like they're made for saltwater (and the accompanying grunge) but there's gotta be some kinda difference here that i'm missing - does one type have a better seal than the other, or something?
i'm considering two 3600gph sequence darts, one for the return-to-display line, and one for feeding the skimmer - but i figured it couldn't hurt to ask the large tank reefers if they might have some benifit of experience to share. i'd rather get everything right while i'm still in the freshwater testing stage than have to re-think/re-do things down the road.
about the only criteria i have are
must feed both skimmer and return
quiet.
low heat.
somewhere between $300-600.
