Full setup questions

[JachPot]

Alright the time has finally come for me to actually get to work on this 200 gallon in my garage. I'm sitting with a nuvo ext 200 gal


I think I'm going with a Fijicube 36 sump. I've had my eye on them for a while and now they're in sale. It's cheap enough if I don't love it I can change to a filter roller sump in the future.


I'm looking at getting dual return pumps from the beginning. I was looking at going with the Sicce DC pumps. What size would I need for a 200 gallon? I'm doing a mixed reef with probably medium/high bioload.
I'm not sure what the current rule of thumb is for gph/turnover rate. I'm also not sure how it works with 2 pumps instead of one.


I'm also looking for heater recommendations. I plan to get an inkbird to use with whatever heater I purchase.

Skimmer will be a lifereef I got an absolute steal on.


So I'm looking for dc return pump recommendations, and any comments anyone has on the larger Fiji cube sumps. Thanks.


Return pump will be a standard amount of headspace. Just below the tank in the sump. Nothing crazy

 

[blaxsun]

A Sicce SDC 9 should be sufficient for a 200-gallon system. If you want redundancy you could look at a pair of Sicce SDC 7/9s.

 

[vetteguy53081]

DC pump :
Octo varios 8

Neptune COR20

Vectra M2

 

[JachPot]

SIIn

DC pump :
Octo varios 8

Neptune COR20

Vectra M2

Single or pair? Two of the 2.5k+ gph pumps seems like incredible overkill, even if run very low?

 

[vetteguy53081]

SIIn

Single or pair? Two of the 2.5k+ gph pumps seems like incredible overkill, even if run very low?

Single
GPH shown is maximum

 

[JachPot]

Single
GPH shown is maximum

Right, if I wanted to run 2 returns for redudancy, would you run two at a much lower percentage, or just run two of the smaller models?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Right, if I wanted to run 2 returns for redudancy, would you run two at a much lower percentage, or just run two of the smaller models?

I feel safer with two separate pumps and this way when you do cleaning and maintenance on one pump, you have another running