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    sump?

    thanks andy, is their any benifits to running in/ex pumps, also in case i get a deal on a bigger pump, could i just put a tee on the return line at the sump, with two ball valves and dump some of the return back into the sump? and adj as needed
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    sump?

    so am i going in the right direction with this?
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    sump?

    it looks like the mag drive pump 9.5 gives you 800gph at 4ft, to me thats sound about right, but what do i know:)
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    sump?

    the pump i would be using from my cl is a 1330 gph with the h/l gives it about 1220 maybe alittle less, according to the box it came chart
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    sump?

    the two cl setups iam using is for water movement only,two cl two pumps...i need to make a seperate setup for just the sump, over flowdown to the sump then a return pump back to the tank
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    sump?

    after thinking about it it might be better to just keep the cl as is and just add another return to the tank... what is the best set up to get the return water back to the tank, what i mean is just run a pipe just under the water, or what?
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    sump?

    i was hopeing just to run the one pump as a return back from the sump to where it is now, and just add a overflow box to get it going
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    sump?

    1'' here are a few early pics of my setup, one pump is hooked to a scwid, and the other pump feeds a tube that goes down the back of the inside and pushes water under the egg crate that the lr is on.
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    sump?

    i was hopeing to use one of my cl .for the sump, and save a little money, and not add another pipe to the tank
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    sump?

    one of my cl setup i was thinking about using has a 1330 gph rating with just over 4ft head, i think the box said that puts it around 1220 gph so i dont know, its a quiet one 5000 pump
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    sump?

    48 gal with a 15 gal sump/fuge and 55'' to the top of the tank
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    sump?

    iam wanting to use this 15gal sump/fuge, point me in the right direction as to what pump size i need to what overfow as well, as to dos and donts,this unit will set next to my tank. thinking of using one of my cl pump setups to run the sump, ideas welcome
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    skimmer upgrade?

    thanks, what about the return pump size, the fug/sump is about 15 gal or so
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    skimmer upgrade?

    also what size of return pump do i need, it will be pushing up to 55in to the top of the tank.
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    skimmer upgrade?

    was that the one you where talking about
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    skimmer upgrade?

    is this the one http://saltwaterconnection.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=115
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    skimmer upgrade?

    The sump i have is 10x22x16 deep 1st champer is 7 1/4 x 9 7/8 the middle is 10 1/2 x 9 7/8 last is 4 x 9 7/8 with a baffle...
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    My aqua c remora just wont skim?

    my ring is in about the middle of the cup, works great...
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    skimmer upgrade?

    ok then, can you have just a box like set up to fit a chosen skimmer and thats it...
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    skimmer upgrade?

    i have had sw tanks for awhile, but this tank has been bb for about 4 years, with only a two pump cl setup for water movement, and the aqua c as a skimmer, no sump...still after all this time iam still battleing green algea on a few of the rocks...i have lr, tang, box fish, sponge, and a small...
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