Big Tank Owners - Need your help

naser · 01-18-2002, 02:47 AM

there is no way you can use an ampmaster anything for a refuguim. and epect to have good flow up top... hence why the mag7... thats my sump return.. the ampmaster just blasts my acro's..... you might want a rio 1700 or somthing small then. save your money.

**scubadude** · 01-18-2002, 07:31 AM

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Originally posted by naser
there is no way you can use an ampmaster anything for a refuguim.

Could you explain here please naser? Im using a AM on for return wich goes through a refug.

Ltspd · 01-18-2002, 10:00 AM

I use a am3000 on my sump/ refigium.

I wish you would explain to me also.

naser · 01-18-2002, 12:29 PM

well i used my ampmaster through just my sump. it was pulling water to fast the let things work in my sump. i slowed it down then had no flow inside my tank..... i was more stating that its worth haveing 2 or 3 pumps, one for each result. i allways thought that refuguims needed slower flow than an ampmaster...?

**golfish** · 01-18-2002, 01:23 PM

Naser,
It just depends on size or how you\they have em setup. You can setup a sump\refugium so that water flows through the sump side a lot faster then the refugium side. Some of the bigger refugiums can handle a lot of flow. More then one way to skin a cat.

naser · 01-18-2002, 07:37 PM

i have never set up a refuguim so i know nothing about one. i wasnt thinking that you T it off.

Aquariust · 01-18-2002, 11:02 PM

Unfortunately running 3 pumps is alot more costly, both in the units, and in the amount of electricity they use.

Why spend the extra money if I don't really have to. I'm going to try and set up the sump to get less flow through the ref. If I have to tone it down, I don't think I'll have a problem. Not with 4 MJ 1200's backing it up.

naser · 01-18-2002, 11:42 PM

i was just sayin.... i use all those pumps plus maxijets inside the tank..

01-18-2002, 10:00 AM	#23
Ltspd Governor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Arden, NC USA Posts: 2,767	I use a am3000 on my sump/ refigium. I wish you would explain to me also. __________________ Paul C Timing has an awful lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

01-18-2002, 11:02 PM	#27
Aquariust Citizen Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 140	Unfortunately running 3 pumps is alot more costly, both in the units, and in the amount of electricity they use. Why spend the extra money if I don't really have to. I'm going to try and set up the sump to get less flow through the ref. If I have to tone it down, I don't think I'll have a problem. Not with 4 MJ 1200's backing it up. __________________ “Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them.” -Elbert Hubbard Aquariusts Den

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01-18-2002, 02:47 AM	#21
naser super-reefer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SAN DIEGO, CA Posts: 1,908	there is no way you can use an ampmaster anything for a refuguim. and epect to have good flow up top... hence why the mag7... thats my sump return.. the ampmaster just blasts my acro's..... you might want a rio 1700 or somthing small then. save your money.

01-18-2002, 12:29 PM	#24
naser super-reefer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SAN DIEGO, CA Posts: 1,908	well i used my ampmaster through just my sump. it was pulling water to fast the let things work in my sump. i slowed it down then had no flow inside my tank..... i was more stating that its worth haveing 2 or 3 pumps, one for each result. i allways thought that refuguims needed slower flow than an ampmaster...?

01-18-2002, 01:23 PM	#25
golfish Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Alta Loma,Ca Posts: 2,943	Naser, It just depends on size or how you\they have em setup. You can setup a sump\refugium so that water flows through the sump side a lot faster then the refugium side. Some of the bigger refugiums can handle a lot of flow. More then one way to skin a cat.

01-18-2002, 07:37 PM	#26
naser super-reefer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SAN DIEGO, CA Posts: 1,908	i have never set up a refuguim so i know nothing about one. i wasnt thinking that you T it off.

01-18-2002, 11:42 PM	#28
naser super-reefer Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SAN DIEGO, CA Posts: 1,908	i was just sayin.... i use all those pumps plus maxijets inside the tank..

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