new guy from socal

[crb530]

hello every one

i am new to this forum and i am getting into more advance aquarium setups.

right now i have a 10 gallon set up and a 29 gallon i will soon be setting up a 55 and an 88

the two i have are bolth fresh water and im hoping to make at least one salt water

i am full of questions.

i have a mega flow 2 sump that i am having trouble with setting up and i would like some help

i need to know what size pump i should use as a return for my 55 right now i have a 580gph with a max head of 10.5 ft and i was wondering if that was to much

thank you all for your help

 

[Ziggy953]

Welcome to AA!!

You have to match the pump to the overflow that you have on the tank. I would expect that a 580gph pump would not be too much for your tank, again it all depends on what your overflow can handle.

 

[crb530]

my over flow is a top mount with one of thoughs big u tubes i dont know what the flow speed is cause i got it from a friend.

the problem i am having is that i am not getting a steady flow into the sump the over flow fills up and then bubbles and drains being very loud and the tank almost over flows

 

[melosu58]

Welcome aboard

 

[FishyLuva]

Hi good to meet ya hope you get to love AA as much as we do!!