1 Pump for Two Tanks?

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grem89

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First of all here is my set-up. I have a 55 gallon and a 40 gallon tall side by side being filtered by one sump. I have a 50 gallon rubbermaid with those rubbermaid drawers (pillow fiber and about 70 potscrubbers) set up as a wet/dry filter. I have a pvc overflow on each tank draining into the wet/dry filter and then a separate tetra pond pump for each tank running for the return. Both pumps run about 250 gph. The filtration has been great (amonia and nitrites are 0.00). But i have come into possession of one of these http://www.lgpc.com/ProductFiles/SpecSheets/995781.pdf which i can get about 800 gph at a 3 ft head height. Would it be wise to run this pump as a return for both tanks by putting a T and splitting the flow up to both tanks? Thanks for the help.


-Geoff
 
Ive been running the same setup with 2 55g tanks for a few years,on one pump.works fine.I balanced the flow by drilling extra holes in the spaybars till they balanced.You could do the same thing with a valve though.
 
Thanks. The 55 currently houses a 3inch and a 2 inches RES (turtle) with a 5 inch comet goldfish and the 40 has a 4inch RES with a 2 inch yellow lab. Would do you think about a spray bar as opposed to one tube flowing water into the tanks?
 
You can do it, but think about it this way:

Do you really want to?

Pump failure on one tank if you don't have a backup is bad. Pump failure on two tanks is twice as bad.
 
well if i go with the one pump ill get a higher turnover rate for both tanks. Plus if this pump fails i always have those other two original pumps to go back to. Should i just drill a hole in the side of the tupperware that i have and connect a bulkhead for a pipe to go to the pump?
 
Should i just drill a hole in the side of the tupperware that i have and connect a bulkhead for a pipe to go to the pump?
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Since you already built pvc overflows, you have working knowledge..bulkhead would be the cleanest, best for flow answer..or..1 1/4"-1 1/2" U-tube(pvc) from sump to pump.
My thought runs more to the amount of noise this pump might make, along with heat generated and power used.
Just personally, not a big fan of centrilized filtrarion systems..I know, lots use them with no problems, but for me, it would be another thing to worry over:irked:
 
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