Will my chiller pump suck my sump dry?

[Mt. Dreamer]

Chiller Help Needed:

I have a 360 gallon aquarium with a 1hp Pacific Coast chiller. The tank is in the living room and the chiller will be set up in th garge. The distance between the tank/sump/pump intake and chiller is approx. 23 feet. I plan to run the plumbing in the crawl space (below the living room floor). The pump to run the chiller is a Reeflo Barracuda and will sit in crawl space too. My concern is, that the pump may suck my sump dry. The sump is a little larger than a 55 gallon aquarium. This was the max size sump I could fit in my stand. I have (2) 1 1/2" drains (no room in the overflow box for more). My question is...will the pump suck my sump dry? Also... will the chiller be able to accurately detect aquarium temp due to possible heat loss in route to the chiller?

Any comments/advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

 

[flfirefighter13]

Im not sure on the specific chiller questions but as far as pumping the sump dry it depends on where you have the return from the chiller going back into the system. If the return goes back into the system at the sump then you should hyave no problems since the same amount of water will be going out as in. If you plumb the chiller to return to the display tank or any other part of the system you will need to insure the overflow and all plumbing can handle the flow of both your return pump and the chiller pump at the same time. If the overflow plumbing cant then you will end up with a possible mess on the floor, but if the overflow can handle it you should be good to go. Post some more info on your plumbing and we can try to see if itll work out.