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chris&barb

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i have a 4' tall duel down draft skimmer(i can list exact measurements if anyone wants) that i just converted to duel beckett. each beckett is run by it own Mag24. my turn over rate through the sump isn't enough to feed both pumps with raw over flow water so one pump gets raw and the other is feed from the sump.

what im thinking about doing is tapping into the mixing box and feeding the second pump from the skimmer, in effect making it a recirculating beckett. i know i will have to put one of those out flow loops to keep the skimmer full so the second pump doesnt run dry on restart after power failure. but other then that i don't see any other mods that will need to be done.

do you all think this would make an improvement?
am i wasting my time?
what do you think?

 
Maybe I’m way off but what if you put a needle wheel recirc pump high up on the reaction chamber? You could point the output down a bit for maximum contact time. Or could it run dry upon startup (if the electricity goes out and comes back on).
 
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