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Well i finally got the 110 feet run of PVC done and finally drilled my sump for the bulkhead i need to plumb it. it took about 3 hours today to finish is up and finish plumbing (had about 10 more feet to do, plus the return to the sump).
Let me first start off saying this pump can move some water. the intake plumbing for the chiller is about 4" off the ground and the output plumbing is about 6" off the ground, but at the end by the tank it goes up to about 2 feet and then into the sump. i have to turn the pump down alo inorder to control the bubbles that i am getting when it returns into the sump.
anyway it is VERY quite for a pressure rated pump, alittle louder than a dart but not by much. very nice pump.
it is VERY large though, about 18" long, 8" wide and it is very heavy compared to a dart.
i am very pleased with thwe pump i have it turned down about 65% right now and i will give it a couple days to see if the microbubbles are worked out on their own. right now its pretty bad. before the chiller went online the tank was very clear and the microbubbles finally went away! but now they are BACK haha, so i will give it a few days to get the new 100 foot run of PVC time to get the air out.
anyway the pump and chiller are very nice.
i would like to say thanks to a few people who helped alot,
Chuck- thanks for recomending the chiller very nice unit!
Travis- thanks for all the help with picking the right pump and helping me through the drilling aspect.
Alittle note on the chiller it ran for about 40 minutes and pulled the tanks temp down from 80 to 78. i decieded to have the tank run at 78 so thats why it took awhile to pull the tanks temp down i think. but anyway i am very pelased with the chiller. its alittle louder and throws off ALOT of heat! you cant put anything by it, and the fan inside that throws the hot air out is pretty powerful. moves alot of air.
the chiller works very well and since its in my backroom and 100 feet away its not bad at all!
anyway any questions just ask.
i am thinking about plumbing a frag tank/ tank for new arrivals (like angels to make sure they are not nippers) into my setup down the road and i think i would put it on the chillers output plumbing. i think the Tarpon could pump water up another 4 feet no problem! then i would just have the water dump down into my sump like it is now. Its alittle ways off, but we will see.....
i really hope in a week or so these bubbles go AWAY, becasue it took me about 2 months to finally get to the bottom of them and have the display tank looking good. Of course now they are back, haha, figures.
Nick
Let me first start off saying this pump can move some water. the intake plumbing for the chiller is about 4" off the ground and the output plumbing is about 6" off the ground, but at the end by the tank it goes up to about 2 feet and then into the sump. i have to turn the pump down alo inorder to control the bubbles that i am getting when it returns into the sump.
anyway it is VERY quite for a pressure rated pump, alittle louder than a dart but not by much. very nice pump.
it is VERY large though, about 18" long, 8" wide and it is very heavy compared to a dart.
i am very pleased with thwe pump i have it turned down about 65% right now and i will give it a couple days to see if the microbubbles are worked out on their own. right now its pretty bad. before the chiller went online the tank was very clear and the microbubbles finally went away! but now they are BACK haha, so i will give it a few days to get the new 100 foot run of PVC time to get the air out.
anyway the pump and chiller are very nice.
i would like to say thanks to a few people who helped alot,
Chuck- thanks for recomending the chiller very nice unit!
Travis- thanks for all the help with picking the right pump and helping me through the drilling aspect.
Alittle note on the chiller it ran for about 40 minutes and pulled the tanks temp down from 80 to 78. i decieded to have the tank run at 78 so thats why it took awhile to pull the tanks temp down i think. but anyway i am very pelased with the chiller. its alittle louder and throws off ALOT of heat! you cant put anything by it, and the fan inside that throws the hot air out is pretty powerful. moves alot of air.
the chiller works very well and since its in my backroom and 100 feet away its not bad at all!
anyway any questions just ask.
i am thinking about plumbing a frag tank/ tank for new arrivals (like angels to make sure they are not nippers) into my setup down the road and i think i would put it on the chillers output plumbing. i think the Tarpon could pump water up another 4 feet no problem! then i would just have the water dump down into my sump like it is now. Its alittle ways off, but we will see.....
i really hope in a week or so these bubbles go AWAY, becasue it took me about 2 months to finally get to the bottom of them and have the display tank looking good. Of course now they are back, haha, figures.
Nick
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