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Old 01-30-2008, 08:56 AM
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Recently I upgraded my 29 gallon tank to a 55 gallon tank and want to set up a 10 gallon sump/fuge underneath the main tank. Anyway I bought 2 marineland 300gph pumps. I one pump was to pump water to the skimmer in the sump/fuge. The other pump was to return the water to the main tank. Needless to say I found out qucikly that this did not work out so well. My sump/fuge quickly overflowed and only worsened as I pulled to plug. Anyway I am guessing that my return pump needs to be much stronger. Any suggestions to improve the system?
Additionally after this fiasco I noticed that both my 300gph pumps (one which I had been running on my precision marine skimmer on my 29 gallon tank) were signifciantly weaker. Both pumps are relatively new could they have been damaged in this process?
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Old 01-30-2008, 09:35 AM
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Are you talking about Marineland Penguin Powerhead PH1140, If so a powerhead is not going to work. You need a pump with enough Head to push the water back up to the tank.
try this link to see which pump will work for you. it is a Head Loss Calculator .
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Old 01-30-2008, 09:42 AM
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Yep that thats the piece of equipment I'm talking about. Thanks for the link I'll check it out right now.
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