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Old 06-07-2012, 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted by sphelps View Post
what size is your back up drain?
1" Emergency drain, could swap them, I suppose. Probably fine the way it is.

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Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic View Post
One thing to consider when going with high flow through the sump is that your return pump is going 24/7 so the higher the flow, usually the more electricity you'll use. Just discussed online with another reefer how his hydro bill went up $100 due to his tank and he had a Mag18 on a ~45g display which uses almost three times the electricity of the much smaller return pump on my 165g display (90g wide sump). Our hydro bill went up 7% this past month and so having a powerhog of a return pump going 24/7 is a real concern for me.

Just a thought.
HMMMMMM, yeah . Not really sure if I want me power bill to go much higher. The DC pump uses 40W at full speed.
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