putting sump 20ft away from dt?

[hdrob]

Has anyone had any experience with plumbing a sump that's away from the DT? I'm building a 700g DT and using a 110g sump. The plumbing would be about 20ft away with a rise of about 5 feet.

thanks!

 

[duanes]

I have heard of people that put sumps in the basement and display tanks upstairs.
I have some 12' horizontal runs because I run 3 or 4 tanks on a single sump. It works fine, but it's easier to plug a horizontal line, and I use very long wire handle brushes to regularly clean out buildup. And larger bore pipes , 2" or up also help prevent dams from becoming a problem.

 

[hdrob]

Great point about the build up in the pipes. The plan was to use 4" pipe for the drains and I'm not sure about the feed line. Maybe 3"? I'll be using a reeflo snapper for a return pump.

 

[duanes]

Sounds like perfect size pipe diameter, it would take a lot to dam up 4" pipe.

 

[nfored]

Keep this in mind what ever size pipe your pump was designed for if you go with smaller diameter pipe you get more pressure and there for a little more height with less flow, the larger diameter the less height you will get but you will get more flow; but you will never get more flow or height then the pump was designed for. My point in this is if you go with a 3" pip and the pump was made for lets say 1.5" you might get more gph @X ft but you will get less feet of head in the end.

 

[Andrew1002]

There's some guy on YouTube that has a sump that runs straight through his walls of his house, out of the house, and underground into his garage. It goes around 40' I think. I think his name is 30gallonreefguy not sure ill look him up.

-Andrew

 

[andyroo]

we had 50' of distance from the pump room to the pond in a recent installation. Pump/filter maker suggested 4' pipe, so that's what we used.
No head- all was designed to be even/level. Also, canister (bead) filter so no sump. Probably not pertinent or helpful

 

[mqktandy]

Also remember to calculate the pipe volume that u use in your plumbing so you know how much water will drain into your sump if there is a power outage, to avoid a overflow

 

[hdrob]

Thanks for all the suggestions. Great points!

 

[aldiaz33]

Keep this in mind what ever size pipe your pump was designed for if you go with smaller diameter pipe you get more pressure and there for a little more height with less flow, the larger diameter the less height you will get but you will get more flow; but you will never get more flow or height then the pump was designed for. My point in this is if you go with a 3" pip and the pump was made for lets say 1.5" you might get more gph @X ft but you will get less feet of head in the end.

This is very interesting. Can you share where you found this information?