return pumps

It has has been a dream of mine since I was a little girl to have a saltwater aquarium, and the day if finally here! A friend was upgrading to a 120 gallon tank, so I purchased a nice big 75 gallon bow front tank that he will no longer be using. It has a great stand and a sump with it. Now...

As the title says. Been doing lots of changes to my 175 gallon tank over the past 3 months and trying to take things to the next level. Upgraded my lighting, tank flow, and just ordered a new skimmer. Thinking of changing up my return pump setup. Current setup is 2- 3100 Rio pumps with...

I have a DIY 30g sump built as a refug. a eshopps pf-1200 overflow box feeding it. What sixe return pump should I use?

Hello all, I am having issues getting these micro bubbles out of my tank!!:angry: i have a 37 gallon with a 10 gallon sump with 3 baffels. my overflow goes into a 200 micro filter sock and so does the skimmers output. I also have a bubble trap with 3 to 4 inch thick foam. Still, micro bubbles...

Has anyone ever run dual return pumps on there dual over flow tank? I was Lookin at running 2 mag drive 1200's one for each return. Has anyone done this what are the pros and cons. I cant afford a inline pump right now so it either one mag drive 1800 or 2 mag drive 1200's

Does any one know if a mag 7( 700 gph) pump would be too strong for a over flow (home made pvc overflow (580 gph)

i'm currently re-doing a tank that i bought off of CL. It has 2 700gph return pumps for a total of 1400gph of return (probably a little less as its pumping up a few feet). the tank is a 240L so the over all circulation is about 5x per hour. It will be FOWLR but i will eventually be adding some...

I have a 110gal bow front and my pump is noisy any suggestions???

greetings and glad to be a new member of the forum! Im rather new to the hobby and I keep a 30 reef tank that I have had for a year now. I recently purchased a 175 gallon tank (60x24x28) that has no internal overflow, and not drilled, and has bracing at the top which makes it imposible to place...

At this time, I have an a single overhang to a aquaclear 150 sump with a single return pump (split outlet). What is the danger/ramifications if I added a second return pump with a gate valve to control flow?

Hello, <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> I have been out of it for a while and I wanted to get some in put. I used to have a 50 gal reef but I got rid of it two years ago and its time to start another tank. I have the new tank...

Currently running 2 mag drive 7 for return pumps. After work yesterday, came home and 1 of my pumps wasn't running.....Lucky for me nothing bad happened.......so i took pump out of water...gave the old TAP TAP trick and it started working.....ran it in fresh water for 10-15 min..and seems to be...