It's drilled already. 4 1" holes in the bottom and and 4 holes drilled in the overflow
Sizing a pump for a 500 gal.
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You will most likely need to use 2 submersible pumps to get the flow you need at that head, they just aren't made to do that sort of thing. If you can use an external pump then your choices are far greater for a single use pump. The Ecotech Vectra will get you about 1200 gph @10' @130w that's about the closest I could find for submersible. The jebao dc 15000 (and similar pumps) will get you about 1000 gph @10' at just over 100w. You can get to what you need in submersible pond pumps but they use loads of power, give and take I guess :/ I personally use a reeflo dart gold on my 500 with great success.
Man, you were extremely helpful. I think I've decided on two jebao pumps. Two 12000 pumps should do it @ 5' a peice. Thanks
i am pretty sure this does not hold true... atleast for the sump part... i think the sump should be 5-10 atleast...
With a 500 gallon with a sump I would shoot for atleast 5x turnover and run powerheads in the tank or if you want a clean looking tank with nothing inside then run a external pump like a reeflo with multiple returns for complete circulation and no dead spots. By the time you pay for 2 or 3 return pumps to get the turnover rate you want to achieve you can run one extenal pump for everything
I use 2 laguna max flows on my 600 gallon as well with a fluval fx5....kind of like an extra filter just in case i need a seeded filter on any of my tanks for an emergency
