Hooking up chiller ?

[SteveZ15]

I want to hook up my chiller.I dont have too much room in my return chamber. I cant hook it up to the return because i will put too much flow into the unit.If I tee of the return with a seperate valve how will i know the flow into the unit.I gotta get my reactor in there also so I cant use 3 pumps in the return chamber ..Can I get a slightly stronger pump and tee with 2 valves for the reactor wich will return to the sump and the line from the chiller back to the main tank.IM just trying to avoid a pump in the dt going to the chiller .
Chiller needs 325-550 gph flow.

 

[Jim]

Yes you can get a bigger pump and make a manifold or tee and adjust with separate valve and adjust accordingly. You can get a flow meter to check flow or just try and make an educated guess based on the pump you choose.

 

[ClownAquatics]

Best option is get a strong enough pump that can do the chiller, reactors, and tank itself. Build a manifold as you stated to direct flow to each item. You can use a flow meter as Jim stated or estimate it as well. Really the only thing I'd say you'd need the flow meter on would be the chiller.

If you need help or ideas on how to do the manifold let us.

 

[SteveZ15]

I have a maxi jet 4500 Which I think would handel both I have a 40 breeder.Can I tie it back into the return back to the tank or would the difference in pressure fight against the chiller effluent.? If not ill run from the chiller to main tank.