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![]() My wife and I are setting up our first tank. We have finished the plumbing and are ready to do a test fill with fresh water to check for leaks and to determine the appropriate water level. It has been suggested that I may not have enough water flow . . . so, in the desire to do this right, please advise . . .
My tank is 90G, and the sump, if compleltly full would hold 32G - a more realistic working volume would be closer to 23G (I think). My main drain is 1 1/2, I have a 1" emergancy drain, the return line is 3/4". My pump is a Laguna Max-Flow 600 (600gph). I realize that this is not a standard aquarium pump, but it is what came with the used system. Based on a recommendation I ran the following numbers through the Head Loss Calculator on Reef Central. The laguna pump is not listed on the Head Loss Calculator so I substatuted it with the Eheim 1060 which has a very similar gph rating. http://reefcentral.com/index.php/head-loss-calculator The vertical lenght is 4.25 feet; horizontal length is 1 foot; the pipe diameter is 3/4"; there are 4 90 degree elbows. This works out to 333 gph flow. It was suggested that I replumb the return line to 1". In that case the flow rate increases to 381 gph. However . . . The plumbing at the exit is a 3/4" fitting for the Lok-Line. In addition I have two Hydor Koralia 2 powerheads at 600 gph and one Hydor Koralia 3 powerhead at 850 gph. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks for the help.
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90g mixed reef (eventually!); 23g sump; 20g QT; Waveline DC-5000 return; 2 Radions; 2 Vortech MP10s; Koralia 3; ELOS ATO with 14g ATO tank; RLSS R8 skimmer; BRS reactor - GFO/Carbon; filter socks; Puratek RO/DI http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=85303 |