Slowly starting a salty tank

[Bedlamer]

Oh, and nice paint job btw. Are you going to use white Kilz primer on the inside of the stand like Ek suggested?

[Andrew_B]

I haven't done anything with the inside yet, outside of clean it up a bit. Does that protect against water damage or something?

[Bedlamer]

Does that protect against water damage or something?

The Kilz is a good tough product. I guess if you were to go crazy a marine epoxy paint would be the ultimate. The Kilz should be fine I think. The white color helps to hide unsighlty salt creep under your stand. It also brightens up the interior so that you can see your equipment better. If you are running a 'fuge with lights it helps to get more light to your plants.

[Andrew_B]

I'll pick some of that up next time I'm out. Found a spray version that will help. Didn't want to have to deal with actual painting

[dead wait]

I just finished my 20gal sump today. Boy, what a job. How much was it to have the holes drilled in your tank. I'm thinking of having one drilled for the return and just use a hang on overflow box.

[Andrew_B]

I'd trying to figure out how big of a pump I need. Few places are telling me a single 1" drain is 350gph, and some others are saying closer to 600gph. I'm assuming if it's 600, I'll be toning it down slightly with the ball valve to bring it closer to the 400 range for more media time in sump. I'm going to try that herbie method, seems like it will be easier with a slower flow rate

Reading that eheim pumps are king for the slower pressures. Reliability and minimal noise are top notch

[Darbex]

I am personally only turning over my tank via sump 2x an hour and my MP60 is turning it over at a rate of about 15x an hour

[Darbex]

I would get about a 300GPH pump after head height and resistence at that rate you will be turning it over close to 6x an hour.

[Darbex]

As my buddy would say slow is smooth and smooth is fast. I am a fan of a slow pump for filtration and using PH for water movement.

[Andrew_B]

Alright so this Eheim 1250 is 320gph with a head height of 6.5', does that mean, the rate won't change until it's being pumped more than 6'? My head height is 4.5'

[johnnymisty]

You have to look at the pump ratings generally if its a 320gph with a 6' head its 320gph out the pump and each foot over that the gph decreases till it won't pump out no more

[Andrew_B]

If it decreases right away, what's the point of a head height? Or does that mean it flat out wont pump past 6' which is hard to believe

[Andrew_B]

Huh, so I guess max head height does mean that's the highest it will pump.

http://www.marinedepot.com/Danner_Mag_Drive_Supreme_9.5_950_GPH_Water_Pump_500_to_1000_Gallons_Per_Hour_Submersible_Water_Pumps-Danner_Mfg.-DN1111-FIWPSBFT-DN1127-vi.html

Nice chart, looks like I need a mag7 or equivalent. Something around 700gph

[johnnymisty]

For your return pump a mag 5 would be ok that's what I have on my 65 reef

[Darbex]

I personally would go 1250 or Mag 5 at most. A mag 7 is pushes as much as my pump on my 330