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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Mass
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Is the pump correct for my tank?
210gal with 2 overflows
Pushing vertically about 9ft Horizontally about 4ft I'm looking to use mostly flexible lines to minimize the use of elbows. As for turn over rate 5-6times. Is that sufficient for a non reef tank? The pump I'm looking at is: Iwaki MD70RLT Water Pump (Japanese Motor) (Saltwater Aquarium Supplies > Water Pumps > External > 1000-2000 GPH ) Iwaki MD70RLT* Inlet(MPT)/Outlet(MPT): 1"/1" Flow Rate @ 4 Head: 1500 GPH Max Head ft: 31.8 Is this enough? Not enough? |
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Interpolating from the chart on that web site I come up with about 1320gph at 9' of head height. With the bends and the T you are going to have you should be right on the mark for a return pump.
With a 9' head you should use mostly pvc up to the middle of the tank and T off from there to each return. You can not rely on a return pump to provide all the water flow necessary in the tank. I would still put a couple of powe heads in the tank, or build a closed loop system.
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Marinedepot.com Search results for 'koralia', 'Hydor', 'Powerheads' |
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I have 2 of the Koralia 3's in my 125, plus a Seio 820.
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