Anthony357
Reefing newb
ok, so i have almost all the parts ready for making this happen, i think...
as for the overflow, what all do i need to get the water out of the main tank and into the sump, just a pvc pipe that leads down to the sump? Or could i get one of those "overflow" things that are already made, and how does it create the flow to go out of the tank? i have heard that you siphon it, and it continuously keeps flowing? is this true? because it just sounds to me that there has to be a better "more reliable" way to keep it flowing, and as for the return pump, does this have to be any specific type of pump? i have a flotec submersible pump, and seeing as the sump is on the ground and it would have to push the water up about 5 feet, but it is rated at 1050gph at 5ft...is that too much? because i was thinking about using pvc pipe to get the water to and from, but i also heard that 1" pvc is only rated at 600gph...could i just use thicker pvc pipe?
any info/insight would be much appreciated, just trying to get all the info in before i go out and buy a bunch of crap that i might not even need...lol
as for the overflow, what all do i need to get the water out of the main tank and into the sump, just a pvc pipe that leads down to the sump? Or could i get one of those "overflow" things that are already made, and how does it create the flow to go out of the tank? i have heard that you siphon it, and it continuously keeps flowing? is this true? because it just sounds to me that there has to be a better "more reliable" way to keep it flowing, and as for the return pump, does this have to be any specific type of pump? i have a flotec submersible pump, and seeing as the sump is on the ground and it would have to push the water up about 5 feet, but it is rated at 1050gph at 5ft...is that too much? because i was thinking about using pvc pipe to get the water to and from, but i also heard that 1" pvc is only rated at 600gph...could i just use thicker pvc pipe?
any info/insight would be much appreciated, just trying to get all the info in before i go out and buy a bunch of crap that i might not even need...lol