DIY overflow tubing size question

ouling · 07/18/2006, 08:42 PM

My external pump for my 90g is about 450g at 5ft head. What size tube do you think i would need on my DIY overflow box to suck out the water?

bertoni · 07/19/2006, 01:29 AM

http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/drain.php

That calculator should help. For 450 gph, I get about a 1" pipe (inside diameter).

07/18/2006, 08:42 PM	#1
ouling Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Minnepolis Posts: 69	DIY overflow tubing size question My external pump for my 90g is about 450g at 5ft head. What size tube do you think i would need on my DIY overflow box to suck out the water?

07/19/2006, 01:29 AM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	http://www.reefcentral.com/calc/drain.php That calculator should help. For 450 gph, I get about a 1" pipe (inside diameter). __________________ Jonathan Bertoni