150 gallon aquarium setup

[PTXReef]

Yay upgrades are always exciting!

Welcome to R2R and happy reefing!

 

[fuelman]

Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[dwair]

I am in the process of upgrading from a 125 gallon saltwater aquarium with a canister filter (fish only) to a 150 gallon with a sump (fish and coral). I have a few questions about flow of sump pump required to support this and also size (diameter) of return line and if I should use the Herbie or Durso overvflow. My biggest concern is that I'm set up to make sure I don't have an overflow in the event of a power outage.

Thanks for any help.

Welcome to R2R! Herbie is better than Durso, but if you could go Bean Animal, its even better in my humble opinion. Usually you want at least 10x on the return, so for a 150g tank, I'd put a 2,000gph pump on there to be solid. Most of the time these pumps have controllers as well so you can adjust the flow. Keep asking the questions!