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Looking for some advice...
I'm working to build a DIY algae reactor and picked up a Somatic on sale this week before actually thinking it through. My problem is the reactor only takes 1/2 inch tubing and all the pumps I can find with the needed head height are all 3/4 or larger.
My original plan was to have the intake line in the back of my AIO that fed to an external pump in cabinet to the somatic reactor (also in cabinet) and then the return line would be fed up into one of the return nozzles back into the display. Basically....intake line > external pump > Reactor > return line > return nozzle.
Any ideas or guidance on this plan? Or anyone know of a pump with around 8 feet of head that accepts 1/2 tubing or a way to step down from 3/4 to 1/2 safely?
I'm working to build a DIY algae reactor and picked up a Somatic on sale this week before actually thinking it through. My problem is the reactor only takes 1/2 inch tubing and all the pumps I can find with the needed head height are all 3/4 or larger.
My original plan was to have the intake line in the back of my AIO that fed to an external pump in cabinet to the somatic reactor (also in cabinet) and then the return line would be fed up into one of the return nozzles back into the display. Basically....intake line > external pump > Reactor > return line > return nozzle.
Any ideas or guidance on this plan? Or anyone know of a pump with around 8 feet of head that accepts 1/2 tubing or a way to step down from 3/4 to 1/2 safely?