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Mag Drive 18 for my 60g tank too much?
I bought a mag 18 today for my 30g sump to my 60g tank. Is it too much flow?
I was hoping its enough flow to eliminate my two maxijet 1200's.
This will pump water up 6ft then go thru a scwd wavemaker, then to my tank.
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there was too much flow when I used a mag 7 going up 4 feet in a 75 gallon with a 30 gallon sump. Might be a little too much. But then again the sqid will take allot too. ?? I guess the best way to find out is to try it.
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yes.. the squid will take alot of power..
you can also just throttle it using a valve.
i think you should seperate both process.
so have some kind of recirculation or pumps for circulation
and have a different pump for the sump.
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you could Tee it to a skimmer, that'll reduce the flow significantly, and u wouldnt need to put a pump on the skimmer
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 Originally Posted by Ricepicker
you could Tee it to a skimmer, that'll reduce the flow significantly, and u wouldnt need to put a pump on the skimmer 
Interesting idea. hyeah:
I was thinking about putting a valve and I could control the flow that way. I guess its better to have too much flow and throttle it back as required.
I dont want a smaller pump because I will probably upgrade to a bigger tank in the future.
Will my two overflow's be able to keep up? They are 2.5" drilled with 1.5" fittings.
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hopefully your overflow can take the gallonage coming out of that return pump and back to the tank
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 Originally Posted by Rudy00
hopefully your overflow can take the gallonage coming out of that return pump and back to the tank
Yeah
I will have to throttle the presure back with a valve if not.
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i have a mag 9.5 in my sump going to my 72 bow from and its tee'd off to my refuge and i find i have to throttle it back a fair amount to match my overflow from my reef ready overflow, although i dont have as long a distance/head to pump up to
best of luck with your set up. be sure to post some pictures!
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 Originally Posted by Rudy00
i have a mag 9.5 in my sump going to my 72 bow from and its tee'd off to my refuge and i find i have to throttle it back a fair amount to match my overflow from my reef ready overflow, although i dont have as long a distance/head to pump up to
best of luck with your set up. be sure to post some pictures!
I bought the 9.5 a few days ago and exchanged it for the 18 today because I did not calculate the loss @ 6ft.
I will definately post pics when everything is done.
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