Can a maxi-jet do this?

Dseg · 08/10/2011, 09:33 AM

I use a maxi-jet 1200 to do water changes with and it works great. Can a maxi-jet push water through 40 feet of 1/2" tubing that is laying on the ground, then up 5-6 feet at the end (to my tank)? If not, any cheap suggestions?

Mmckibben · 08/10/2011, 09:45 AM

What every you buy it's going to be $50 or more. I have a rio 3100 for my return that does 900gph. It can do your 4-6 ft easily, but I'm not sure about 40 ft flat. I paid $52 on doctors foster and smith for it.

RotaryGeek · 08/10/2011, 09:57 AM

I'm not sure if a maxi can do that. If it can it will be really slow. I would look into the bigger maxi jets. There utility pump line is pretty good.

reefmanmatt · 08/10/2011, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Dseg

I use a maxi-jet 1200 to do water changes with and it works great. Can a maxi-jet push water through 40 feet of 1/2" tubing that is laying on the ground, then up 5-6 feet at the end (to my tank)? If not, any cheap suggestions?

i dont think it would do that distance well , but with lift at the end its very doubtful. plan to drain the lines after each change ? i would be worried about stagnant water and dirty pipes .. i use a wooden 4 wheeled dolly with a 40 or so gallon tub on it , put my buckets in that to move them from one side of the basement to the other , what has you thinking about this plan..out of curiosity ??

Sean16420 · 08/10/2011, 10:05 AM

for a $30 pump my maxi-jet 1200 works great as my single return pump but I don't think it would push that distance, I'd be using a nice MAG drive for that and might be even wary then.

Dseg · 08/10/2011, 10:11 AM

Thank you for the response, I am now rethinking my plan to do water changes. I was going to mix it in the garage and just go back and forth with tubing from there. It is about 30ft to my tank, then 5 feet up. I don't think I would of had a problem getting the water out of the tank, it was just doing that 5 foot overhead.

Dseg · 08/10/2011, 10:46 AM

What about a maxijet going 10 feet then up 5 feet?

TheFishMan65 · 08/10/2011, 12:01 PM

The maximum head is 70 inches. So although it takes little energy to go the 40 feet (only friction loss and a bigger pipe could fix this) you won't have much flow especially of you are closer to 6 feet (72 inches of head pressure).

08/10/2011, 09:33 AM	#1
Dseg Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 354	Can a maxi-jet do this? I use a maxi-jet 1200 to do water changes with and it works great. Can a maxi-jet push water through 40 feet of 1/2" tubing that is laying on the ground, then up 5-6 feet at the end (to my tank)? If not, any cheap suggestions? __________________ 180 Gallon Mixed Reef

08/10/2011, 09:45 AM	#2
Mmckibben Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CO Posts: 286 Blog Entries: 21	What every you buy it's going to be $50 or more. I have a rio 3100 for my return that does 900gph. It can do your 4-6 ft easily, but I'm not sure about 40 ft flat. I paid $52 on doctors foster and smith for it. __________________ “We don’t inherit the world from our parents, we borrow it from our children” -Rusi Vulakoro- Current Tank Info: 90 gallon sps fiji reef, 30 gal sump/ refugium, aquac ev-180, 90p marco rocks. LED/ metal halide

08/10/2011, 09:57 AM	#3
RotaryGeek Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Central Texas Posts: 713	I'm not sure if a maxi can do that. If it can it will be really slow. I would look into the bigger maxi jets. There utility pump line is pretty good. __________________ 125 w/ 30 gallon sump. ASM G3 w/ Sedra 9000 and gatevalve. Two Little Phishies 550 phosban reactor. 3x150w XM 10k MH, 2x 96w PC.

08/10/2011, 10:11 AM	#6
Dseg Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 354	Thank you for the response, I am now rethinking my plan to do water changes. I was going to mix it in the garage and just go back and forth with tubing from there. It is about 30ft to my tank, then 5 feet up. I don't think I would of had a problem getting the water out of the tank, it was just doing that 5 foot overhead. __________________ 180 Gallon Mixed Reef

08/10/2011, 10:46 AM	#7
Dseg Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Florida Posts: 354	What about a maxijet going 10 feet then up 5 feet? __________________ 180 Gallon Mixed Reef

08/10/2011, 10:05 AM	#5
Sean16420 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Sarnia, Ont Posts: 138	for a $30 pump my maxi-jet 1200 works great as my single return pump but I don't think it would push that distance, I'd be using a nice MAG drive for that and might be even wary then.

08/10/2011, 12:01 PM	#8
TheFishMan65 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Northern VA Posts: 4,618	The maximum head is 70 inches. So although it takes little energy to go the 40 feet (only friction loss and a bigger pipe could fix this) you won't have much flow especially of you are closer to 6 feet (72 inches of head pressure). __________________ Click my home page for Thread Summaries Current Tank Info: 75 gallon lps and fish

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