Plumbing a Ecotech L2 pump to a Reefer 900 3XL

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I thought I could connect the return Y connector to the Ecotech L2 pump with barb fittings and flex tubing.
But the Y connector barb fitting is sitting below the barb fitting for the return pump.
The barbs are 1".
Any suggestions of what i can do? Is there a better solutions for this?

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Shameless bump on this. Are bounties allowed on this site?

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Hard to tell from the photo but how about shortening the Red Sea plumbing above and somehow raising the wye or just running a tee and re plumb or reconfigure return to fit the Red Sea stuff?
 
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Going to run to Home Depot and see if a 1" pipe works. Maybe I can just hard plumb it.

I rather not try to modify the Red Sea pipes, since its brand new and still under warranty.
 

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Good luck. It wasn’t that easy for my re-plumb on my 750. Red Sea, or coralvue, may have some adapters but I’m not sure on the 900. Saw one the other day. That overflow is huge!
 
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I ended up with this weird loop to connect a flex hose to the L2 pump and the Y adapter.
Not sure this will hold up long term. It will have to do until I can think of something better. Thanks for responding guys.

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