overflow help

[Aquaria]

is a 3/4inch pvc pipe capable of putting out 500gph at 3.5 feet
or do i need 1 inch its for a diy overflow and return and whats a good/cheap pump that can do 500 give or take 100 at the 3.5feet distance its acually 3.2 but figured rounding up cant be bad

[ILIKECOUGARS]

Found this on the RC site.
http://www.reefcentral.com/index.php...flow-size-calc

[Aquaria]

this should be made a sticky very cool calculater thank you very much

[mark]

though always see 1" is good for 600gph there's been some discussion on RC is it for a gravity or siphon (this thread post 1644 is a table)

[Aquaria]

siphon its from here http://www.angelfire.com/ab/rayjay/DIYoverflow.html and pump is a rio+ 1700 442gph @3ft thinking of making a small half ft shelf for the sump to sit on so i can get 500gph and going with 1" abs i think cuz i want black

[Aquaria]

although a 3/4" pipe would match the pump a little better going off the chart anyway