Need to Fix my plumbing issue

[PoonTang]

I would go with option 3. It wont increase the flow much but it will atleast be safer. You dont really need a high flow through your sump anyway.

[spikehs]

nope, using both... i figured it'd be more than enough given the low flow I have going through there.. guess not. Yah i was leaning towards 3, except Rona didn't have the need parts in stock. Arg.

[Canuckgod420]

You know in my tank I dont have a tonne of flow in my sump either.....I think my return pump is only pushing about 400-500GPH.
I just have lots of flow in tank...works good for me.
With this flow I dont need to have baffels in my sump to contain micro bubbles from my skimmer.

[Zylumn]

Drill out the holes larger to accommodate an one inch hole.

I am pumping 450GPH through 2 x 3/4" bulk heads with no problem and could go quite a bit bigger like 600+ GPH.
Kevin

[jslaney]

You dont specify that you tapper them up. The actual hole may only be 3/4 inch but if you taper them up to a 1 1/2 inch pipe right after the hole you will be able to pass a lot more flow.

I guess you still have to drain the tank to do this.

Jon

[spikehs]

Originally Posted by jslaney

You dont specify that you tapper them up. The actual hole may only be 3/4 inch but if you taper them up to a 1 1/2 inch pipe right after the hole you will be able to pass a lot more flow.

I guess you still have to drain the tank to do this.

Jon

yah i was going to taper it up to 1 1/2" but couldn't find the plumbing parts yet.. i figure thats my best solution... would it increase the flow considerably if I doubled the diameter after the hole?

[spikehs]

anyone know where the best place in calgary is to get some plumbing like that? Tried the revy in weshills/macleod, and the home depot by chinook... thanks.