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Sun Feb 25, 2007, 04:48 AM
#1
A little help please =]
Gday,
i need some help from you DIY nuts like myself.
im right in the middle of making a breeding set up consisting of 2 breeding tanks and a sump.
i already have my stand made and just finishing drilling holes and installing lights. i have the tanks and the sump here ready to go i just need some help/ oppinions on what pump i should get to filter the system and what size holes to drill in the tanks for plumbing?
a bit of info:
the 2 breeding tanks are 920mm x 380mm x 450mm (each holds approx 157L and together hold about 314L).
the sump is 920mm x 460mm x 460mm and matrix style.
so the 3 tanks without any plkumbing hold around 510L of water.
what i need oppinions on is:
* what pump size to get, ill be ordering from ASA so if you want just let me know what model you think
* what size holes i need to drill in the 2 tanks for plumbing
if anyone could shed some light on this i would appreciate it. this will be my first time having a system like this so i want to get it right the first time. i dont want the carpet in my new house getting wet haha. and money being wasted.
thanks in advance!
David
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Sun Feb 25, 2007, 11:18 AM
#2
i would suggest a pump that turns over the water volume twice each hour , so in your case around 1000lph
the simplest answer on the plumbing is to have the same size piping up(from the pump to the tanks) as you have on the return/down side
this means you have twice the capacity for return water
andrew
i never found any exact rules for the plumbing when making my first little system and can understand how wanting to get it right is imortant
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Tue Feb 27, 2007, 02:14 AM
#3
i wldnt go anything smaller than a 3/4 inch hole in the tanks just in case u wish to add on tankes later and get a bigger pump.
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Tue May 01, 2007, 04:19 PM
#4
what did you do in the end david?
andrew
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