Pump submersed or in line?
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pmrossetti
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To me the priority on ALL tanks is preventing floods. So guess which gets my vote? 
pmrossetti
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Thank you, just trying to help. The most disheartening event for all of us is a flood. So I try to suggest all ways to minimize them. Love your tank and enjoy the hobby. Love to all.
pmrossetti
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I know people that have terrible leaks with external pumps. Even Iwakis. The fact is the risk is greater with external than internal. Sorry, I know external are sexier, bur riskier as well. Carry on.
pmrossetti
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It's great that you have never had a leak, but regardless, the risk is much greater.
sedor
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I would go inline...more room in the sump, less heat in the water, and you could always upgrade to a bit larger pump run multiple pieces of equipment off of it...in a way its making things more complicated in order to simplify.
I wouldn't worry about a leak, we use tanks with big holes drilled in them...adding an external pump isn't any different than your drain or return line.
I wouldn't worry about a leak, we use tanks with big holes drilled in them...adding an external pump isn't any different than your drain or return line.
I guess. I have plumbing from two overflows to the basement, external pump back up. Plumbing from the sump to the fuge, plumbing from the fuge to the sump, plumbing from the sump to the reactor and back. Plumbing to the water change system.
Nothing leaks. You can always run a sump-less system and have a guarantee of no leaks, but that is no fun.
Tons of people run externals with no issue.
Running the Eheim external wont reduces heat. Its a water cooled pump internal or external.
Nothing leaks. You can always run a sump-less system and have a guarantee of no leaks, but that is no fun.
Tons of people run externals with no issue.
Running the Eheim external wont reduces heat. Its a water cooled pump internal or external.
pmrossetti
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Great for all of you, but the risk of leaks is still greater. Sorry
WOW! Thank you all very much for the input. This is going to be a tough decision. I wanted it outside because of heat (But will this config. really have no affect on reducing heat?) and quite franky it will look pretty cool. But besides the heat reduction i really just would like it to function as best as it can. What about flow, better external or internal?
pmrossetti
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Don't you care about safety. Flow won't be affected. Decide yourself. My priority is no floods. What's yours? It's your call.
What's yours? It's your call.
sedor
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15628453#post15628453 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by pmrossetti
Great for all of you, but the risk of leaks is still greater. Sorry
Almost every single large tank has an external pump. Have you seen the size of those things? You'd need a rubbermaid just to keep it dedicated to just your pump. But were talking about an eheim here so I don't want to go off on to much of a tangent. Personally, I run both my pumps in sump. I would also like to point out though, that sumps can and do break as well.
pmrossetti
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Yeah, sumps can have faults. But I'm talking minimizing risk, not eliminating risk. Good luck.
pmrossetti
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Minimize.No matter which path you choose.
I think playing it safe in my case might be the best course of action. If heat and flow are not significantly affected it might be best to keep it in the sump. I am however confident in my ability to produce a leak free setup but you never know and ruling out a weak link is a plus.
