Re: NANFA-- new year

james graham (busterg_at_voyager.net)
Wed, 3 Jan 2001 12:47:00 -0700

J.R.,
Do you have a recommendation as far as pumps. I have various catalogs and
there are a myriad of pumps out there.
Jim

----- Original Message -----
From: <Noturus_at_aol.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- new year

> Hey Jim,
>
> I'm envious. Sounds like a fun project. I do have a comment or two. In my
> (admitedly limited) experience with Mag Drive pumps, I've found them to be
> only marginally reliable. Could be I just had a couple of bad ones
but.....
> Even so, I'd have to bet that at seven feet of head (and if there are
elbows
> involved, that adds head pressure) you're probably not even getting 600
GPH.
> That's really very marginal for a tank that size. If it were me, and I
wanted
> to keep stream fishes happy, I'd want at least 1000gph running through
there.
> Personally, I'd rather have an external pump running something like that.
> Also, make sure the sump is large enough to accomodate the backflow in the
> event of a power failure.
>
> Sound like nice tanks! Have fun with them.
>
> J.R.
>
> In a message dated 1/3/01 10:15:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> busterg_at_voyager.net writes:
>
> << For filtration I am using a Tidepool bio-wheel filter with a Mag-drive
> 950 which I figure is probably running about 600 gallons an hour with 7
> feet of head. Also I have a Fluval 404 canister filter that I am going to
> put on for some more water movement and bio-filtration.Originally I had
the
> Mag-drive in the sump of the Tide-pool and had a kitty litter bucket with
a
> overflo drain and a float valve for make up water connected together with
a
> 2 inch siphon tube. After a couple of months I found the siphon to be too
> unreliable as it had lost siphon several times ( it had about 7 inches of
> head).I wanted to try to make it fool proof as possible as I didn't want
to
> come home to 300 gallons of water in the basement or a ruined pump
because
> it ran dry.( Yes, I have a check valve in the return line) So I tore
apart
> the filter setup and drilled holes in the sump for the pump and the
> connection to the kitty litter bucket. I used livewell bulkhead fittings
> that I got from Cabelas and the good vinyl hose to connect everything. >>
>
>
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