Joe Fish;2840106; said:
its a 295 gph maxi-jet... i have two of them so i was thinking about hooking both of them up and getting a 600 gph overflow...
Building my algae scrubber system
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its a 295 gph maxi-jet... i have two of them so i was thinking about hooking both of them up and getting a 600 gph overflow...
I would not use a powerhead they are not designed for that kind of dutypuffcrusader696;2840143; said:
I would use a punp
I have a mag 7 on my reef sump and a mag 12 on my FW wet and dry
There are many others that work well also
Maxijets and almost any powerhead will quit out anywhere from 2-3 feet of head. You are going to need a "real pump", not a powerhead.
I would suggest a viaaqua 2300 or 2600.
I would suggest a viaaqua 2300 or 2600.
wow_it_esploded;2840316; said:
i posted a thread in the buy/sell forum for an overflow and ill get one of those pumps based on what size overflow i get
ok i made a rough design:
The circle is the spray bar onto the screen which is right below that... you can probably tell which ones the lights are...
the black lines are glass siliconed on
the light grey is coarse filter pad
the darker grey with white on it is fine pad
the yellow is a sand bed
the green is macro algae
and the black square is the return pump...
what do you guys think?
The circle is the spray bar onto the screen which is right below that... you can probably tell which ones the lights are...
the black lines are glass siliconed on
the light grey is coarse filter pad
the darker grey with white on it is fine pad
the yellow is a sand bed
the green is macro algae
and the black square is the return pump...
what do you guys think?
bump... and i ordered a via aqua 2600 on Drs. Foster and Smith but they couldnt process my order so im about to email them about that... what do you guys think of the design i posted? look good?
puffcrusader696;2852504; said:
Ok, first though is that the light gray fine pad and the dark grey pad will both in essence be under water, in fact it will all be submerges...... If you'll look, you can see that the water level is forces to rise up to the point to trickle over each time thus making it the minimum depth.
Rivermud;2856363; said:
ah good point... im gonna make some changes and upload an updated design in a few mins... i also forgot a spot for the heater.
this is my new design: the red circle is the heater... i changed the design of where the second filter pad is going and kept thim in the same order... if you see any more flaws lemme know 
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