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Drain Size & Pump Size asdf 04-17-2006
Posted by on April 17, 2006, 8:20 pm
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I purchased an acrylic tank 48x24x24 drilled for a 1 1/2" drain. I
have two questions; first, what size pump would you suggest to return
the water, and what size should I drill the return(s)?

I am planning on a reef tank with soft corals if that helps at all.

Posted by Croosh on April 18, 2006, 1:13 am
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I have 48x24x18 tank with 1 1/2 drain, and I'm running 500 GPH pump on
the open loop, but it did handle 1200 GPH nicely but very noisy.
I have two 3/4" returns that handled 1200 GPH pump (the flow was less I
imagine. It was QuietOne 4000 HH)

Regards,
Yuriy


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