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Title: PUMP SET UP FOR BREEDING TANKS
Post by: jay on February 21, 2007, 12:42:07 PM

Hi,there im setting up breeding tanks . the tanks are 600x300x300 and hold aprox 52Lts each . setting up 10x tanks all up 520Lts doing one big sump set up.and was woulding what size tank i need in Lts for the sump and will a 6800L/h submersible pump do the job. thank you. :D

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Post by: gasnitro on February 21, 2007, 09:48:18 PM

i would be looking at 2000 lt hr. you really only need to turn the water over twice per hr with good filtration. and just have a bypass for any excess and return to sumpback to sump

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Post by: jay on February 22, 2007, 02:20:00 PM

:D thank for your reply gasnitro . but will 2000L/h have the power to push water through pluming .i run a 1000L/h and a 800L/h power heads in my 4ft :?:

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Post by: Cory Fan on February 22, 2007, 02:59:45 PM

Hi Jay, get a submersible pump rather than a powerhead, a submersible pump has a better head height (it can pump water higher) than powerhead of the same l/ph.

Cheers

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Post by: jay on February 22, 2007, 05:27:43 PM

HI, thanks for your reply cory fan im setting up 10x 2ft tanks for breeding and i was woulding will the 6800L/h submersible pump be to much to run all 10 tanks and what size sump tank will need. if anyone can help me out with this :?: :

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Post by: Cory Fan on February 22, 2007, 05:33:00 PM

the smallest sump u can use is 2ft :lol: but not with a 6800l/hr pump. I reckon a 2000L/hr pump will do the job well.

Had read somewhere saying the sump should be atleast 10% of the total volume of ur system.

Cheers

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Post by: jay on February 23, 2007, 10:53:33 AM

Hi, thanks for your reply cory fan .I'M runing all 10 tanks into the one sump .so the 2000L/h submersible will have the power to push threw the pluming and uv clariflying sterillers . i emailed the guy with the pumps and ask him about the 3000L/h submersile . and he told me that the 2000L/h whould not run all 10x tanks. :? :?:

thanks jay

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Post by: jay on February 23, 2007, 10:54:17 AM

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Post by: jay on February 23, 2007, 10:56:22 AM

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Post by: jay on February 23, 2007, 10:58:24 AM

Hi, thanks for your reply cory fan .I'M runing all 10 tanks into the one sump .so the 2000L/h submersible will have the power to push threw the pluming and uv clariflying sterillers . i emailed the guy with the pumps and ask him about the 2000L/h submersile . and he told me that the 2000L/h whould not run all 10x tanks. :? :?:

thanks jay

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Post by: DFishKeeper on February 23, 2007, 02:08:42 PM

Hi Jay,

Make sure your sump is big enough to hold all the water that overflows if your power goes off. Otherwise, the sump will overflow and when the power comes back on will run itself dry and probably burn out your pump.

Cheers, Doug

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Post by: Cory Fan on February 23, 2007, 02:29:15 PM

Hi Jay, post a picture of ur set up and how u run the tank. It does make different if u have different set up.

Cheers

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Post by: jay on February 23, 2007, 09:40:26 PM

thanks cory fan nice picture .

jay :)

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