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I have my sump connected to my tank, finally.
I picked up a mag7 for a good price, but I dont think it has the flow I am looking for.
The headloss calculator with a mag7 and as close as I can get plumbing figures entered gives me approx 450gph. Of course the headloss calculator can not include an SCWD. The pump has no problem pushing the water up the less than four feet to my tank, but it just doesnt seen to have the umph I am looking for.
My plumbing consists of 1" pvc with a 45 degree elbow, into a ball valve into another 45, then up into the scwd, because of the 3/4" ID soft tubing required to mount the scwd the flow gets reduced. From the scwd the 2 outputs hang over the tank with 90's and then 90 again into the tank.

When I subed in two 90's instead of my 45's in the headloss calculator, my flow numbers actually went up about 20gph.
I am not happy with my current plumbing setup. I made a few rookie mistakes, so I may rebuild the return line with some 90's. But even with the extra 20 gph, I dont think I will be happy with the flow.

I think I will pick up a mag9.5 which should give me more than enough flow. The calculator gives me 742gph with the same setup as the mag7.