Using 1 pump for uv and algae reactor?

[paulrathor92]

I'm pretty tight on space in my aio sump area and was wondering if anyone has used just one pump to power 2 things in conjunction. The water will be going through an algae reactor then through this uv back into the system. Would it work ?

 

[homer1475]

Short answer, no.

You'll have 2 different amounts of flow through each unit. The algae reactor will want much slower flow then the UV.

It can be done, if the pump is big enough, and you use valves to control the flow through each unit.

 

[paulrathor92]

The uv is supposed to be at 233 gph and the reactor is supposed to run from 132 to 318 gph. The pump is dv controllable fot flow rate.