Hey all,
Just swapped all my 55 g equipment and livestock into my 100 g. Everything went well except one thing. On my old tank I had the overflow drain into a sump which pumped through a skimmer then back up to the main tank. On the new system I also added a baffled 10 g refugium.
Here's the problem. The power heads used to be balanced so that the one returning the water to the main tank was the same pace as the one pushing through the skimmer. But now with the refugium it slows down the water so the second (return) powerhead is ahead of the job and sucking air before the one pushing through the skimmer can catch up. So what do I do?
Do I just buy the next size up on a powerhead to push through the skimmer faster? How will I know the gph that I need? Or is there a little room for error? Also, these are Rio 2100s and have no adjustments, or is there a way to adjust them?
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just swapped all my 55 g equipment and livestock into my 100 g. Everything went well except one thing. On my old tank I had the overflow drain into a sump which pumped through a skimmer then back up to the main tank. On the new system I also added a baffled 10 g refugium.
Here's the problem. The power heads used to be balanced so that the one returning the water to the main tank was the same pace as the one pushing through the skimmer. But now with the refugium it slows down the water so the second (return) powerhead is ahead of the job and sucking air before the one pushing through the skimmer can catch up. So what do I do?
Do I just buy the next size up on a powerhead to push through the skimmer faster? How will I know the gph that I need? Or is there a little room for error? Also, these are Rio 2100s and have no adjustments, or is there a way to adjust them?
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!