Slowing Return Pump down!! help quick

TheSaltySpitoon · 06-01-2008, 12:16 PM

My Return pump is too fast it will slowly suck out to much water and slow but surly lower the water level untill it sucking air so i was wondering what can i do to SLOW it down ALITTLE BIT not to much i am using flexi-hose. What can i do to slow it alittle bit more?

NEVER MIND FIXED

Thank you guys but i gfound out only 1 of the 2 siphon tubes were actaully working

thanks though idiot me

Dentoid · 06-01-2008, 12:24 PM

Unless you have a gate or ball valve attached to the return plumbing, you can not slow it down. The accessory valve in the plumbing is what you would use to control the flow.

You can do one of three things.

1. Increase drainage from your tank to keep up with the volume of water the pump is rated for.

2. Get a smaller pump that is rated for your overflow.

3. Reconfigure your return plumbing with a valve attachment.

sasquatch · 06-01-2008, 12:25 PM

or your overflow is too small? put a ball valve on the output side of the pump or T the return line with a ball valve and dump the extra in the sump

Woodstock · 06-01-2008, 12:26 PM

You could add a T to the return plumbing and route part of it back into the sump/refugium.
You could get a larger sump or increase the area that the return pump is in.
You could place a sponge filter over the return pump's intake (just be sure to clean it weekly).

I recommend getting a smaller pump or getting a larger sump.

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Dentoid Over Achiever Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,240 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Slowing Return Pump down!! help quick Unless you have a gate or ball valve attached to the return plumbing, you can not slow it down. The accessory valve in the plumbing is what you would use to control the flow. You can do one of three things. 1. Increase drainage from your tank to keep up with the volume of water the pump is rated for. 2. Get a smaller pump that is rated for your overflow. 3. Reconfigure your return plumbing with a valve attachment. __________________ Scott Dentoid's Reeforama

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Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 23,199 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Slowing Return Pump down!! help quick You could add a T to the return plumbing and route part of it back into the sump/refugium. You could get a larger sump or increase the area that the return pump is in. You could place a sponge filter over the return pump's intake (just be sure to clean it weekly). I recommend getting a smaller pump or getting a larger sump. __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* *My QT/Hospital Tank* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~Breeding Picasso Clownfish~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MHs, dual Geiseman Actinic T5s,Neptune AC III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

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