Red Dragon 12M3 for 130 gallon?

[shaginwagon13]

I can get a good deal on a used Red Dragon 12M3 pump for my new 130 gallon tank that I am getting. I know its a powerful pump (the previous owner had it running on a 280 gallon) but is there a way to make it work for me?

Red Dragon 12M3
-3100GPH, 115W

Thanks

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

you can hook a manifold up to it and have it run your return, GFO, Skimmer, UV, slow flow fuge and whatever else you have that needs a pump to run.

 

[shaginwagon13]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14838424#post14838424 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sisterlimonpot
you can hook a manifold up to it and have it run your return, GFO, Skimmer, UV, slow flow fuge and whatever else you have that needs a pump to run.

Im sort of confused with what you mean/how to accomplish this, is there anyway to post a picture??

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Instead of using your pump to just return water back to the display tank you use a series of tee's with ball valves on them to also run everything that requires a pump. so basically your removing all the pumps that you have in your display tank and run it off of 1. there is a thread that was out there a few months ago with people posting pics of this set up on their tanks but I can't find it... I will keep looking

 

[shaginwagon13]

Ok thank you very much!!!

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Here's what I found to give you a good idea of what I’m talking about, Marc set one up on his tank a few months ago. Read up: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1532894&perpage=25&pagenumber=17