So I am hoping to go out and buy some piping to start setting up a sump for my new tank. I plan on using my aq-6000 (water outlet has ID of ~1 inch) and maybe adding another pump if I need it. (Well I am thinking 900 gph is enough but it does have to pump up ~5 feet.)
Ok so I am a physicist and I do a lot of pumping on air (Ultra High vacuum science.) But I realize most of what I know doesn't apply to water, but I want to see what people know.
So the questions:
1.) With pumping I assume the less turns the better (true?).
2.) When pumping something up ~5ft with say my pump, what is better keeping a larger diameter pip and then splitting it right at the end for the spray bars and such? Or splitting it early on?
Likely about the same amount of water will need to be pushed up, but I don't know when to split the flow.
3.) What would an appropriate inner diameter for tubing be?
I can go up to say having 1 inch inner diameter going through my drilled holes. So that means I could have up to two 1 inch diameter ~5 ft pipes going into the tank. I figure that is too much water weight.
So any advice or places you could point out where I could find what the best setup would be for me would be great.
Ok so I am a physicist and I do a lot of pumping on air (Ultra High vacuum science.) But I realize most of what I know doesn't apply to water, but I want to see what people know.
So the questions:
1.) With pumping I assume the less turns the better (true?).
2.) When pumping something up ~5ft with say my pump, what is better keeping a larger diameter pip and then splitting it right at the end for the spray bars and such? Or splitting it early on?
Likely about the same amount of water will need to be pushed up, but I don't know when to split the flow.
3.) What would an appropriate inner diameter for tubing be?
I can go up to say having 1 inch inner diameter going through my drilled holes. So that means I could have up to two 1 inch diameter ~5 ft pipes going into the tank. I figure that is too much water weight.
So any advice or places you could point out where I could find what the best setup would be for me would be great.
