Fluval 32.5 marine return pump upgrade

jwesley5480 · Oct 9, 2022

Hello,
I'm new to posting on the forums but have learned a lot about reefing just by running through them. The back story, I have a Fluval 32.5 and have struggled through my first year of reefing as I guess is to be expected when learning. I have upgraded by replacing the foam filtration what the heck InTank media baskets, added the Fluval PS1 protein skimmer, two sicce voyager nano 2000 power heads, and want to change out the stock pump with a SICCE 1.5 silent pump for extra flow.

Here is where my question is. Has anyone made those changes and if so what did you do about the return line? The SICCE 1.5 uses a 1/2 diameter tube and so I assume I need to get a new tube but what about the connection to the output nozzle? I'm looking for any knowledge

SPR1968 · Oct 18, 2022

I can’t answer the specific question, but I can bump the thread to see if we can get you some help

Coreyf · Oct 28, 2022

jwesley5480 said:
Hello,
I'm new to posting on the forums but have learned a lot about reefing just by running through them. The back story, I have a Fluval 32.5 and have struggled through my first year of reefing as I guess is to be expected when learning. I have upgraded by replacing the foam filtration what the heck InTank media baskets, added the Fluval PS1 protein skimmer, two sicce voyager nano 2000 power heads, and want to change out the stock pump with a SICCE 1.5 silent pump for extra flow.

Here is where my question is. Has anyone made those changes and if so what did you do about the return line? The SICCE 1.5 uses a 1/2 diameter tube and so I assume I need to get a new tube but what about the connection to the output nozzle? I'm looking for any knowledge

You shouldn't need a new tube, I upgraded with the sicce 1.5 also. The adapter that came with the sicce fit onto existing tube.