What Pumps to use??

BuckeyeReefer03 · 04/24/2014, 10:01 AM

I'm setting up 2 drums in the crawlspace under the display tanks one for saltwater and one for fresh RODI water for ATO. I am going to run everything off an Apex controller (the gold version). I'm trying to figure out what size/type of pump I need to get the water up into the sump that is about 10' straight up from the bottom of the drums. The plumbing will come out behind the tank from the wall and have a 90 going out from the wall and then another 90 into the back of the sump. I would prefer to use submersible pumps and put bulkheads in the lids of the barrels as opposed to going with an inline pump and putting the bulkheads in the bottom of the barrels. I tried the Reef Central head loss calculator, but not sure what pump I would even need to accomplish what I'm wanting to do.

thegrun · 04/24/2014, 10:19 AM

I would use a Mag Drive 18. The Tunze 1073.110 and Sicce SYNCRA 4.0 are both better pumps but more expensive. For what you are using it for I like the Mag Drive 18 best.

DaveWJunior · 04/24/2014, 07:56 PM

Measure from the top of the water level in the barrel. Not the bottom.

04/24/2014, 10:01 AM	#1
BuckeyeReefer03 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 1	What Pumps to use?? I'm setting up 2 drums in the crawlspace under the display tanks one for saltwater and one for fresh RODI water for ATO. I am going to run everything off an Apex controller (the gold version). I'm trying to figure out what size/type of pump I need to get the water up into the sump that is about 10' straight up from the bottom of the drums. The plumbing will come out behind the tank from the wall and have a 90 going out from the wall and then another 90 into the back of the sump. I would prefer to use submersible pumps and put bulkheads in the lids of the barrels as opposed to going with an inline pump and putting the bulkheads in the bottom of the barrels. I tried the Reef Central head loss calculator, but not sure what pump I would even need to accomplish what I'm wanting to do.

04/24/2014, 07:56 PM	#3
DaveWJunior Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 40	Measure from the top of the water level in the barrel. Not the bottom. __________________ 150gal starfire glass DT, Vortech MP40's + MP10, Maxspect LEDs. 40 gal 5 chamber sump with refugium. Carbon, GFO, biopellet, calcium, Kalkwasser reactors. Tunze ATO. Dosing pump. Apex. 2 QTs.

04/24/2014, 10:19 AM	#2
thegrun Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Garden Grove, Ca Posts: 17,023	I would use a Mag Drive 18. The Tunze 1073.110 and Sicce SYNCRA 4.0 are both better pumps but more expensive. For what you are using it for I like the Mag Drive 18 best.