Coralife Pumps?

[thirty5]

Anyone have any opinions on Coralife Pumps? I am starting to get a list ready for my 75 rimless and a friend of mine has a new Coralife pump that he is not using.

It is the Turbo Sea 1090, it looks pretty good to me, has a nice amount of head on the pump, and Since my sump will be in the basement should do the job....

http://www.marineandreef.com/Turbo_Sea_1090_Aquarium_Pump_Coralife_p/res34002.htm

 

[jerl77]

I have been tunning one 24 hours a day for the last 5 years not one problem with it

Anyone have any opinions on Coralife Pumps? I am starting to get a list ready for my 75 rimless and a friend of mine has a new Coralife pump that he is not using.

It is the Turbo Sea 1090, it looks pretty good to me, has a nice amount of head on the pump, and Since my sump will be in the basement should do the job....

http://www.marineandreef.com/Turbo_Sea_1090_Aquarium_Pump_Coralife_p/res34002.htm

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[mbg75]

Don't know much about pumps. But that looks good with that head flow rating.
Running a triton 4 on my 75 rimless in the cabinet. Great flow, have my reactor fed from it also.
Just picked up a 2nd mp40 also...

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[thirty5]

Don't know much about pumps. But that looks good with that head flow rating.
Running a triton 4 on my 75 rimless in the cabinet. Great flow, have my reactor fed from it also.
Just picked up a 2nd mp40 also...

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I am hoping to get away with 1 mp40.. Or may just add a Korilia (sp) if i need. But the rockwork that I am planning to make, I might be ok with just the 1.

 

[rkaragozler]

Not sure exactly how you are doing your plumbing, but is you have standard ceiling height in your basement (7-8') and then pump up another (4-5'). that would be (11-13'), without any restrictions.
The specs on that pump is only 13' of head. I don't think it's going to work.

 

[thirty5]

Sump will be about 3.5 fet off floor and the height of the bottom of top of the DT is only 7 ft. The floor where the DT is is not the ceiling of the basement. If that makes sense. The plumbing will be going through the wall into the DT. I may even put the sump even higher. The 90 for the sump is already on standard height stand. And that will go up on a 2 foot platform. Will almos make the sump lose to floor level of the DT.

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[rkaragozler]

SO let me get this you are going to have a total of 10 1/2' of head, right.

 

[thirty5]

SO let me get this you are going to have a total of 10 1/2' of head, right.

HAHAAHAH I just read my response, I sent it from my phone, it was confusing..

I would say about 8-9 foot of head of straight run, might not even need any elbows, going to run flex for return, so may be a literal straight run to tank. But I am going to run reactors, but I will use a separate pump for them.

I just have to figure out my sump setup. I am thinking drain from DT will be in middle then fuge on left (looking at tank) and then return section on the right. I will probably split the drain so that I can get flow into the fuge section......

What you think Rich??

 

[rkaragozler]

Lol, horizontal runs do not count for head pressure, If possible try going 1 size bigger than your pumps output, and then reduce at the point of entry into dt. When setting up your pump try using true union ball valves, a bit pricey, but well worth it, especially when you have to do maintenance.
As far as sump goes your idea is perfect, just split the drain with a t, and put a ball valve to regulate how much you want going into fuge. I like to run about 200-400 gph thru my fuge.