Seperate refugium advice.

[Fieryfrog]

I have a 60 gallon tank. With a new sump. The sump only has two chambers. I want to use a separate 10 gallon tank for my refugium, thanks to $1 a gallon sale.
The question is, would it work to run a Maxijet 1200 from the sump to the refugium, and then a Maxijet 1200 back to the sump? Is that pump going to be enough? Is there a better option?

 

[dhof]

I have a 60 gallon tank. With a new sump. The sump only has two chambers. I want to use a separate 10 gallon tank for my refugium, thanks to $1 a gallon sale.
The question is, would it work to run a Maxijet 1200 from the sump to the refugium, and then a Maxijet 1200 back to the sump? Is that pump going to be enough? Is there a better option?

The two pumps will never completely balance each other out, and WILL flood. U need to make an overflow in the 10 gallon. Pump water up to the 10 gal, then gravity will drain it back to the tank via the overflow.

 

[Rjramos]

Like said above impossible to balance pumps and if one of them gets stuck with debris, disaster.
All my refugium installations are separate and elevated higher than main sump where return pump is located. It helps if you have a high stand and/or custom made refugium and sump. I feed the refugium from a valved Y drain from main display. At the other end of the refugium it drains thru a bulkhead into the pump sump below.If you look at my threads you will see examples. Search “double stacked sump system”