Mag 3600

[Spooda420]

Anyone ever use a Mag 3600 as a pump for a closed loop system?

they say they do 3600 gph at 0' head, thats alot of water movement.

Im re-thinking my set up again, I now have 2 - 30g sumps

Thinking about getting a 100g rubbermaid stock tank running all the eq. in that and setting up a non drilled closed loop type system with 45x the water turn over....

thanks!

 

[BoomerD]

If you don't drill, how are you going to get that much water flow to the pump? That's a LOT of water...

 

[jks1]

spooda, Im running 2 mag 24's now on my CL. They are tied in to 3 1" inlets, and pump to 4 1" outlets each. The inlets really needed to be 1.5". I had a problem with the pumps fighting with each other and had to alternate them off and on 10 min each. Thankfully I had an aquacontroller that could do this easily.

The other thing I would say about them is they are kinda loud.

Here's a pic of mine:

 

[Spooda420]

thinking about mounting the pump above the water line(using it as a inline pump) then pumping it through 2 peices of 1' pvc

 

[Spooda420]

im not an artist plus 24 is coming on soon.... forgive the drawing

 

[Witfull]

if it is above water level will it draw the water up on start up? a self priming suction pump?

 

[Spooda420]

wowo jks, thats intense.... i dont want to drill tho, how loud is loud? louder than a iwaki 55 or 70? its in a fish room behind closed doors...

 

[Spooda420]

Originally posted by Witfull
if it is above water level will it draw the water up on start up? a self priming suction pump?

hmm.... good question prolly not.... but with a little help maybe....

 

[jks1]

put it this way, I have a 240g cichlid tank with a 4MDSQ, a 29 reef with an overflow box which = gurgle, and a chiller on the 210g. Even though only one of the MAG 24's is running at any one time it is still the loudest item in my fishtank inventory.. If I had to do it again I would go with AMP pumps..

I dont think it will draw water up, but you could put it on a upside down "U" and let gravity help you out...

 

[Spooda420]

damn that loud huh? maybe better rethink this some more.... thanks John

Chris