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Old 12/15/2005, 01:32 PM
Glimmerman911 Glimmerman911 is offline
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Gotcha. I would hook the sump return into the manifold with a Y fitting then, not a T, if you really want to hook it in. I don't see any benefit to hooking it in vs. putting the sump return into a bulhead you have drilled in the back of the tank, but whatever you like.

It is important to match the size and number of nozzles to you total flow in the manifold. For a 180g for example, if you want 15x, so 2700gph. Run a 1" manifold, with reducing t's. 1/2" would work well with 400gph through each nozzle, so you would want 7 nozzles. I would use loc line, then you can glue the rest of the manifold to stop air leaks and microbubbles, the loc line will give you all the flexability you need.

By the way, I have a sequence barracuda hooked up with 7 1/2" nozzles on a 1" manifold over a 180g, all nozzles get equal flow, works great.
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