What pump?

[Myteemouse]

I may split sump by three with the return in the middle so the fuge can get slower flow and the skimmer side fast as I want

 

[ULTAQUARIUMSVCS]

I would do 2 separate one sump and one refuge. Seems to work better you can control flow tru refuge w/o slowing tank flow.

 

[Myteemouse]

three 250w MH one over 29gallon QT/ZOO tank (seperate system)w one mag 5
2 VHO 48" t-12 atantic
two 250w heaters
one 150w heater
one 24"x24" 8 bulb t-5 (over frag tank)also w/mag 5 return
one skimmer with two pumps on it
two fans Small
auto top off with small rio 600 pump
Really three tanks on two systems!

 

[ULTAQUARIUMSVCS]

With all that your still under 15 amps if i'm figuring right .

No chiller?

 

[Myteemouse]

oh a chiller prolly 1/4 hp
and a few timers and a aqua controller
one mj600 mod
and a calcium reactor

 

[Myteemouse]

sorry had to think!!

 

[ULTAQUARIUMSVCS]

Most 1/4 hp are bout 5-7 amps start up, timers no biggie aqua controller like .05 amps most, calcium reactor 100w-200 watts depending on what pump using in c.r. It seems u have plenty juice.

 

[Myteemouse]

I figuered so!!!
I got three empty breakers ready for the wires !
Was thinking ahead!
I just hate getting in my crawl space to wire things up

 

[ULTAQUARIUMSVCS]

It gonna come down to how much money u want to spend on pumps ,plubming design and if you gonna use one sump/refuge or you gonna use 2 one sump and one refuge.

 

[Myteemouse]

got the sump tank is 1000
and I got one 250 mh already
and I got 5000 all together to spend

 

[Myteemouse]

I gotta leave in ten mins!
I'll be back in about two hours.

 

[ULTAQUARIUMSVCS]

Could you take a pic of the sump let us see it? Is it a glass or acylic one?
If is an acrylic we can do a bypass on the sump/refuge to the intake of the pumps. On the outside of the sump.

 

[Myteemouse]

It is acrylic 18"x60"x16"tall
just a empty box no baffels or holes yet!

 

[ULTAQUARIUMSVCS]

Ok i'll be back later too, also give me dimmension on sump/refuge and useable room in the cabinet. Ttys

 

[Myteemouse]

cabnen is 42inch tall 30"wide and actually 8' long cause the 3' behind tank is where the frag tank is gonna sit

 

[ULTAQUARIUMSVCS]

Ok im gonna draw a pic using ur tank pic oas reference. Ttys

 

[Scooterman]

Most 1/4 hp are bout 5-7 amps start up, timers no biggie aqua controller like .05 amps most, calcium reactor 100w-200 watts depending on what pump using in c.r. It seems u have plenty juice.

No way, my aqua-logic surged to about 21 amps & ran slightly over 5 amps.
I also measured a few others on start up & they all surge really high.

I'd either use an external pump for the sump return like maybe a pan-world or Eheim 1262, depending on how much head you may need more or less gph.
On a tank this size a Dart or a sq4200 would work well just remember to allow for at least two 1 /2" bh's tied into a 2" PVC for the suction of the pump, otherwise you'll loose lots of gph restricting the plumbing.

 

[Myteemouse]

so an ehiem 1262 for sump return and a dart for the cloosed loop with two 1" bulkheads to a 2" pipe for the inlet and split in 4 for the output??

 

[ULTAQUARIUMSVCS]

Ck this out DL IMAGE

 

[Myteemouse]

cool thanks brother!
Now I think I can go from here!
I gotta price these pumps???????