Get a sequence reef flow barracuda. This pump would fix all your problems. Check out my build thread. This pump is threaded to fit 1.5" pvc. I have about 14' of headloss and can make my 90gal have more flow than it needs. Just my suggestion.
Well I'm against cutting another whole in the floor to run a seperate pipe for the second mag24 That was a pain and it does sound like there are better alternatives just no clear cut winner. I have thought several times about moving the sump off of the floor and I think I should have sat it up on bricks or something in the first place. That may end up being part of my solution in the long run, but the sump is so high if I even move it up 5 feet I would ahve to stand on a ladder to get in it. Realisticaly I could move it up a couple feet which would help some but like I said probably not solve the problem.
greenstarfish; I think you're stuck between a rock and a hard place here..
A second mag24 is going to mean another 200W-250W of constant power consumption for running pump to add only 400-500gph to the display, that doesn't seem worthwhile to me... thats going to cost another $150 a year in electrical costs plus the cost of the pump.. it doesn't add up when there are much cheaper alternatives.
I know you dont like the stuff in the display, maybe you should consider ditching the three K3's (which total about 2700gph) and upgrade to the more powerful magnum koralia's, you could probably do two or three of the high-power ones.. two #6's would give you 4400gph with less in-tank footprint than the three #3's
I agree w/ this Xsive. The closed loop would be easy and cheep since I have the extra 9.5s sitting around and would probably provide plenty of flow. I need to think about that a little and see if I think I can hide the lines in the tank. If I painted the intake black and put it in the back corner up against the black overflow it may hide it pretty well. Then I could place the returns near the top where there not very visiable maybe. I may ahve to play w/ some pieces up pipe to see how that looks.
I just bought two of the new K3s. I should ahve bought at least k4s apparently. I could maybe start w/ one new bigger pump for the bottom side near the wall b/c I could hise that pretty well. Then go from there. What pumps would you reconmend to get me the most flow for my $$ The other issue I have if I move the pump to near the bottom it blows the sand all over The problem w/ the K3 is when they are lower in the tank they loose so much power. If there at the top they do a pretty good job, but I need flow in the bottom.
Get a sequence reef flow barracuda. This pump would fix all your problems. Check out my build thread. This pump is threaded to fit 1.5" pvc. I have about 14' of headloss and can make my 90gal have more flow than it needs. Just my suggestion.
Lionhead- I looked at one of those and that is an option. I almost thought w/ my head loss I made need the slightly bigger pump. Hammerhead I think! At any rate I'm tired of buying pumps so whatever I buy this time I want to be right
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That was a pain and it does sound like there are better alternatives just no clear cut winner. I have thought several times about moving the sump off of the floor and I think I should have sat it up on bricks or something in the first place. That may end up being part of my solution in the long run, but the sump is so high if I even move it up 5 feet I would ahve to stand on a ladder to get in it. Realisticaly I could move it up a couple feet which would help some but like I said probably not solve the problem.
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