 1 pump for everything
Morning everyone. Been awhile since I have visited and posted. Hope everyone is doing well along with your tanks.
I am in the process of building a custom stand, canopy and sump/refugium for my 75g. With that I am going to have to tear the tank down to make the move. The wife was kind enough to go out and buy a 60g rubbermaid stock tank for me to make it easier. Gotta love her. Anyway, since I am tearing it down I was going to redo my entire plumbing and hopefully downgrade to 1 pump to run the skimmer and return.
I have a dual drain overflow. (2) 1" drains. Not sure of the rating GPH wise, but it moves some water. I would guess 1100-1200 maybe. With that I am running and AquaC-EV-180 skimmer. As it sits rigth now, I am using (2) Mag Drive 9.5' for the return and a Dolphin DP-800 for the skimmer. 3 pumps submersed is too much I feel not to mention the extra heat and maintenance needed.
Is there one submersible or external pump that can run all of this? I was thinking of going with a Mag Drive 18 for the return and then use 1 of the 9.5 for the skimmer. Then I thought 1 pump would be better.
Any advice and help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you as always,
Todd
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75G, 140lbs Figi Live Rock, 100lbs live sand, 30 gallon DYI refugium w/ 40lbs live sand,chaetomorpha and red gracilaria. mag drive 9.5x2 for return, Power Compact Retro 6x96w 50/50, 350w heater, Aqua C EV 180skimmer w/ dolphin 800 pump
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