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Old 10/30/2006, 09:02 PM
Capt_Cully Capt_Cully is offline
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Those w/basement sumps. What Return pump are you using?

Just like it says, I've got a 180 in the works. Looking for an efficient return pump from basement sump to display. What's everyone running?
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Old 10/30/2006, 10:28 PM
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How many feet of head are you dealing with? Is the return pump going to be running anything else? I would be looking for a pressure pump.

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Old 10/30/2006, 10:30 PM
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cant go wrong with sequence pumps.ive got a hammerhead,two darts and a manta ray so far.
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Old 10/30/2006, 10:57 PM
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Hey Capt. I'm in the same boat as you. I runnning the same tank w/ the same problem. I'm going to have at the very least 20' of head so I was thinking of going w/ a sequence hammerhead. They have good head ratings and use less power.
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Old 10/31/2006, 10:38 AM
Capt_Cully Capt_Cully is offline
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I've been eyeballing the sequence pumps. Love my blueline. Just need to figure out my plumbing before I can calculate the head pressure. Definitely a pain, but I gotta get it right on the first try. Don't want to have to do it twice.
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Old 10/31/2006, 12:01 PM
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I have two sequence pumps, one for a closed loop hooked up to OM4, the other for flow through the sump. (model 4200 and a 5000 i think?)

I'm really amazed that they just keep running 24/7. I clean them rarely and when I do they didn't really need it.

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Old 10/31/2006, 12:18 PM
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I am useing a dart to go up a floor to my 280 and find it to not be quite enough power, and am now looking at going to the barracuda.
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Old 10/31/2006, 12:19 PM
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I'm using an Iwaki MD100RLT with about 17 ' head and couldn't be happier. I like using Sequence pumps for closed loops and Iwaki pumps for the main work horse.
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Old 10/31/2006, 12:40 PM
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PanWorld 200PS. Runs great. I cleaned it for the first time in two years a few weeks ago.
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Old 10/31/2006, 01:48 PM
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I personally don't have a large tank but my LFS uses a jacuzzi pump for the entire store
 

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