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Old 01-04-2004, 03:48 PM
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Default Run system off of one pump

Hey all,

I'm slowly upgrading my 29 to the 37 and I'm gathering the pieces....

Anyway, I was wondering if it is a good idea to just use 1 pump on your system. I would use a beefier pump (i.e. Mag 9.5 or T3 through a SCWD or SS) or course. Is this a good idea? Do you think I would get some dead spots?

From sump to tank would be ~4 1/2' of head.
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If you're keeping it all in one tank I'd go with 2-4 power heads, if you're running a sump, go with a mag 5 and two power heads. I asked about the SCWD and eveyrone told me the same thing, the stronger the pump the faster the motion, for wave action you want slow but lots of flow, I'd go with the natural wave power bar (I had one, worked great, will get another). That Mag 5 and two Maxi Jets on the naturalwave will give you tons of water movement.

Doug
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Old 01-06-2004, 10:00 PM
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I'd consider going with 2 mag7 pumps or something of that capacity and running 1 SCWD as a closed loop and one on the sump return. That will give you 4 outlets, a ton of random current(as both SCWDs will switch at slightly different rates) and a really clean looking tank. Also having two of the same pump will mean that if your sump return one ever fails you can switch in the one from the closed loop untill you pick up a replacement.

I have a SCWD running on a mag 7 and it switches every 6 seconds or so FYI.

Good luck

Evan.
 


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