Hi,
I am trying to plan out my plumbing for my Oceanic 120 and I am tossing around some ideas about what to do.
I have a Danner Mag Drive 9.5 @ 950 GPH (which came with the setup) and a Jerepet SND-7000 return pump ~1850GPH DC pump (probably too much flow)
The Danner has what is probably the correct amount of flow for the system.
I got the Jerepet while I was still in my freshwater mentality (maximize flow through the filter) and there was an insane black Friday deal on it.
My tank has two weirs with a 1" and a 3/4" bulkhead in each. (currently a Durso in one and a Stockman in the other)
Would it be insane to put the Jerepet (18500GPH) behind one of the weirs, plug the 3/4" bulkhead in that weir and make that weir strictly flow and the emergency drain?
The Danner would still be the return pump attached to the other 3/4" return line and the to-be-installed Herbie syphon drain.
I could also just go with 10x-12x flow through my sump or run the DC pump at 50% and get some energy savings.
I'm told my overflows are huge *wink* though and I dont have any decent flow pumps so this solution may be perfect provided I can get everything to fit...
Any thoughts?
I am trying to plan out my plumbing for my Oceanic 120 and I am tossing around some ideas about what to do.
I have a Danner Mag Drive 9.5 @ 950 GPH (which came with the setup) and a Jerepet SND-7000 return pump ~1850GPH DC pump (probably too much flow)
The Danner has what is probably the correct amount of flow for the system.
I got the Jerepet while I was still in my freshwater mentality (maximize flow through the filter) and there was an insane black Friday deal on it.
My tank has two weirs with a 1" and a 3/4" bulkhead in each. (currently a Durso in one and a Stockman in the other)
Would it be insane to put the Jerepet (18500GPH) behind one of the weirs, plug the 3/4" bulkhead in that weir and make that weir strictly flow and the emergency drain?
The Danner would still be the return pump attached to the other 3/4" return line and the to-be-installed Herbie syphon drain.
I could also just go with 10x-12x flow through my sump or run the DC pump at 50% and get some energy savings.
I'm told my overflows are huge *wink* though and I dont have any decent flow pumps so this solution may be perfect provided I can get everything to fit...
Any thoughts?