return pump for circulation

shecter · Sep 19, 2012

im thinking about a basement frag setup. i want to use a 100 gal stock tank for my sump. and possibly 60 breeders for frag tanks. not positive on that yet. my question is what return pump would i use in order to run a sray bar type setup off the pump. im trying to avoid a bunch of powerheads but dont want to overpower the bars. im planning to T off after the pump and run 2 frag tanks with 1 sump. there will be maybe 3 feet of head loss at most. i havent worked out pipe size yet either. i do know i want to use locline to spray into the tanks. i figured the crew here would know

thanks in advance for your time.

hscoert · Sep 19, 2012

I would love to do something similar as well. Looking forward to following your thread!

dhutcheson · Sep 19, 2012

I would look at a ReeFlo Dart. It will provide you around 3000-4000 gallons per hour flow to play with and an external pump that will not really add extra heat to the system. It you stay with larger pipe I would look at the ReeFlo Hammerhead which would provide 4,000 to 5,000 gallons per hour of flow. Remember to use aTrueWye Y not T fitting to the seperate tanks.

shecter · Sep 19, 2012

this will be a while in the making. im still in the process of refinishing the basement where it will go. thanks for the info on the pump ill look into those.