Main Return Pump

[SenseiSays]

I've found that my main return pump is just way to powerful and no matter where I direct it I get too much constant push from it and will either give my sand a good push around or I will get too many bubbles from it facing towards the surface.

I have left it off for a day now and I love how my tank looks so calm now even though I have two mp40s kicking butt.

What have some of you done ?

 

[mikecc]

Dunno...what you working with?

 

[SenseiSays]

Dunno...what you working with?

Well the skimmer water throughput is 264 gph with a max airflow of 79 gph .

The main return pump is 713 gph and the secondary is 317 gph.

... if thats what youre talking about...

 

[blackbeltmom]

What pump are you using that is 713 gph?

 

[goma]

I put a spin-stream on it and it calms it down and changes the direction of the flow.

http://www.marinedepot.com/Accessories-Innovative_Marine-0I10200-FIAQAA-vi.html

 

[blackbeltmom]

I thought I had made an adapter to get the spin stream to work on the big pump so get the spin stream to stay attached. After a couple of days the pump started blowing sand again. Once I removed the spin stream and tried to change the adapter so it would not blow the sand, I could not get the spin stream to stay attached. I did finally get the spin stream to attach to the side with the smaller pump.

 

[DianaKay]

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/red-sea-max-owners-club/86850-spin-stream-rsm-250-a.html
Might read more on that thread.

 

[mikecc]

Do you got an equipment thread going as sweet as your tank thread is? The real nuts and bolts stuff, lets see some pipes. Thats what I'm askin'. Is it a plumbing solution or an equipment solution?

 

[DaddyTLi]

I use loc-line and fan off the "power". You may not want to many since loc-line causes flow resistances. By the time it reached the tip the umph was gone, I had to remove the mid section.

Tom