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Old 12/02/2007, 10:01 AM
jgskt620 jgskt620 is offline
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Question Help with water movment

ok i just got done setting up my frag system which consists of 8 20 gallon tanks and a 55 gallon for a sump and what i cant figur out is the best way to get water movement in each tank would power heads be the best way open to any sugestions thanks
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Old 12/02/2007, 12:05 PM
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Are they plumbed together?
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Old 12/02/2007, 12:29 PM
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yep they are all plumb together each has a corner overflow drilled
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Old 12/02/2007, 03:42 PM
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Eight 20 gallon tanks plumbed together. Wow. I have to see some pictures of this. Yes, you will definitely need some powerheads to move the water.
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Old 12/04/2007, 12:23 AM
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or plumb a closed loop with a decent size pump (dart or something) and split 8 ways with ball valves so you can adjust each one, incase you wanna make one tank softies
 


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