What Pump Do I Need For My Sump I Mean What Lph

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its for a tropical tank but sumps are most used in marine the main tank is

525 us gallons

and has three 2 inch down pipes

and the sump is 205 us gallons

so what lph does my pump need ive asked before but want to get this right for sure
 
Thats about 2000 litres big tank the main 2 factors are what turn over you are looking for (I Went with 10x through my sump?

and how big your feed pipe is my 19mm is about right for 1000 Litres an hour there are calcs about that will tell you how big a hole you will need to get the turn over,

I suspect you could be looking at 2 holes and 2 returns I went with Hailea pumps as recommended by AK77 very good pump and not a bad price either.

Trying my maths out 500 US Gallons would be 2,000L x 10 Would be 20,000LPH

Most powerful Haliea is 5500LPH x 4 £30 each £120 for pumps + plumbing on top
 
well ive got the 3 2 inch holes for the supply to the sump and the size of the pumps hose is what evers best as i am having it go over the top of the tank and i dont know what turn over i need its for my tropical


err sumps are too complicated
 
I would go with 2 Hailea 5500 pumps would give you roughly 5 times flow this should be more than enough you can always add more if needed what are you going to run in the sump?
 
what like media wise if so then foam with a pipe that goes to the inlet of the pump and the pump sucks through the foam, and ceramic rings and bio balls

also thanks

i was also told that the pipes i have could only take 7500 lph so?????????????
 
i was also told that the pipes i have could only take 7500 lph so?????????????

Sounds low let me look see 50mm hole = 32mm pipe = 1.25"

I think it is 600GPH on a 1" standpipe but would need to check that figure out.

But you can always redirect excess water flow back into the sump
 
i was also told that the pipes i have could only take 7500 lph so?????????????

Sounds low let me look see 50mm hole = 32mm pipe = 1.25"

I think it is 600GPH on a 1" standpipe but would need to check that figure out.

But you can always redirect excess water flow back into the sump

hi no im using 2 inch pipe the holes im geussing are biggerbut the actual pipe im using is 2 inch
 
hi no im using 2 inch pipe the holes im geussing are biggerbut the actual pipe im using is 2 inch
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ah that will be more than double 2" pipe is 3600 GPH which is more than enough
 
sorry but im rather thick when it comes to stuff like this if use the 3 2 inch pipes down to the sump what maximum lph/gph pump could i have
 
sorry can some one put this in simple terms lol

what maximum lph/gph can i have
 

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