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09/05/2014, 10:17 AM
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Love them clownfish.
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Location: Vero Beach, FL
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media reactor pump suggestions
i am looking for a silent pump i can use to push water through the following reactors on a 150 gallon aquarium:
biopellet reactor carbon reactor phosphate reactor id rather use one pump to do this instead of three maxijets. this pump can be internal or external. although external would be preferred so as to keep heat out of my water. what flow rate am i looking for? any names of pumps i should look into? thanks for the help!
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09/05/2014, 11:39 AM
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Grizzled & Cynical
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I'm using a Sicce Synchra 1.0 submersible. Works just fine with negligible heat transfer.
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Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs |
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09/05/2014, 12:28 PM
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Love them clownfish.
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nice. thank you. what all is your pump connected to?
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09/05/2014, 01:39 PM
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Grizzled & Cynical
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Checked, it's actually a synchra 1.5. It pumps into a manifold, running three cannisters, my UV and my RDSB.
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Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs |
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09/06/2014, 08:30 AM
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I have a manifold off my return. I haven't started using the manifold yet. I use an Eheim 1250 currently. I had smaller pumps previously but they never lasted. Went for something built to last. When I switch to the manifold, I'll have a spare pump for something else. If you oversize your pump, you may either bleed the excess off or use a valve, or even use the excess flow for something else. Currently I just have one reactor dedicated to GFO.
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09/06/2014, 09:47 AM
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Love them clownfish.
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thanks for the tip! the plan was always to use a manifold, just wanted to make sure i chose a pump that could handle the flow for each of those reactors, while being silent and not run hot. im going to try the the sicce syncra 4.0 and see what happens.
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09/06/2014, 01:43 PM
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Good Luck
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No man is an island entire of itself; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Current Tank Info: 120g Reef 100g Rubbermaid Sump, 20g Refugium; previous tank: 46g Drilled; Self Plumbed, Birds Nest, Anchor, Xenia, Zoas, Yuma Yuma Ricordea, Chalice, Mushrooms, Brain, Acan, Anenome Plate; Clams, Other Inverts, Fish, Live Rock |
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