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hey guys and girls i got a couple of questions about my sump

1. i built a fiji cube 20 long baffle kit sump it was build for my 65 but wife family came over long story short the crack my tank wife bought me a 120 used tank to replace it will this sump still work for this tank


2 how big of pump i need i have 6 feet oh head pressure and idk how many gph i need for a tank that big
 

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The sump will work. It might not hold much water ( back flow might be an issure when pump is off ) or be able to handle a lot flow. I would use the same pump as for your 65g, if it worked with that sump. You will prob need to add some power heads for more flow in the tank.
 
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The sump will work. It might not hold much water ( back flow might be an issure when pump is off ) or be able to handle a lot flow. I would use the same pump as for your 65g, if it worked with that sump. You will prob need to add some power heads for more flow in the tank.
this sump never had a pump the pump i have is from a old sump that really suck that why i built this one to replace the only one it is a sicci 2.0
 

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