Sea Swirl ?

[FishHead1]

I just added two 3/4" Sea Swirls to my 180 along with an Amp Master 3000. Wow! What a difference! Much nicer than all those powerheads and wave maker.

 

[SPC]

Mike, I tried the 1" SS and this is what I found.
1. Noise - my tank is located in the B/R and it was quite loud.
2. Had to add a PVC coupling to bring the output further down in the tank because of water being pushed up on the front of the tank.
3. Drilled a couple of 1/2" holes in the side of the output because it was blowing a trench in my sand on the front glass.
I think the Y defuser would have helped with this problem but never did try it.
Steve

 

[livingstone]

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<strong>...so you just plumb the return pump into the sea swirl correct ?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Correct.

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<strong>The sea swirl acts as a rotating return from your sump correct ?</strong>

Correct.

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<strong>What size pump to run a 3/4 inch sea swirl ?</strong>

The 3/4" Sea Swirl is rated at 850 gph.

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<strong>does the size of the return to the sump matter if its a built in overflow ?</strong>

Adjust your flow rate, if necessary, just as you would without a Sea Swirl--by adjusting the gate valve on the output of your return pump.

Check out sea-swirl.com

 

[M.E.Milz]

No comments on my post above???

Well, let me rephrase the question. Would a pair of 1" Sea Swirls be able to handle the flow from an Iwaki MD100 pump? And would that be enough flow for the top half of my tank?

 

[M.E.Milz]

Perhaps I should consider 4x 1/2" SeaSwirls instead of 2x 1" Seaswirls?