Powerhead Powerful Enough?

[Rob5]

On my regular weekly water changes, i syphon 60 litres of water straight into a 25 litre barrel.

I refill the tank with fresh water using a bucket, gently pouring the water back into the tank

I am curious as to whether something like a cheap 1200L/H power head, inside the tank, would be strong enough to pick the water up from the barrel and refill the tank

Any comments would be most welcome

 

[Noahs ark6]

how tall is the tank? in the description it may give a maximum lifting capacity. I'd expect a powerhead of that capacity would have a lifting height of about 2 metres

 

[thereverendturtle]

I use a maxi-jet 1200, to pump water from the bucket to the tank, which is about four and a half feet tall.

 

[Rob5]

The powerhead that i was looking at has a maximum lifting capacity of 1.6 metres
and from the base of the cabinet to the top of the tank is 1.2 metres.

I shall have to research the maxi-jet 1200

thanks for that guys

 

[Noahs ark6]

It will work then