mag 12 pump

[polecat]

i have a 90 gallon reef ready tank and a megaflow model 3 sump and a mag 12 pump my question is when the water returns to the tank it spray's out of the little hole on the elbow return and the hole is out of the water and makes a ton of noise should i put a ball valve in to reduce the flow of the pump and make that hole go under water

 

[chuck116]

I have heard of people putting a piece of filter sponge or something for the water to hit first . but there are tons of people here that know way more then me.

good luck and post some pics. we all like to see pics.

 

[budman0418]

mag

I was always under the impression that you should never use a ball valve to reduce flow of pump. It burns out the pump with the back pressure.

 

[polecat]

so how would i do it get a smaller pump

 

[budman0418]

mag

is the sump under the tank? how much "head" do you have(meaning distance from pump to tank) if the sump is in tank stand then you might have to much pump. But im not sure if that will solve your problem, water might still come out of that hole in the elbow. can you take a pic of it to give a visual? might help beter to see it

 

[chuck116]

I thought it was ok as long as you did not restrict the inlet. I thought it was ok to restrict the outlet side.

 

[polecat]

the sump is under the tank from the pump to the outlet is about 3 feet 2 feet of 1" pipe an a foot of 3/4 hose i will work on the pics

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

:bump: for you if you answer a q for me.

Is this THE polecat? THE rant?

 

[polecat]

dont know what you are talking about can you help me with my problem i am new to this site

 

[jrobbins]

just tee off your return line and put a ball valve above (after) the tee, that way you can throttle back the pump without backpressuring it. you can use the excess flow to run a reactor or whatever, or just dump it back into the return section of your sump.

 

[polecat]

that sounds like a great idea do you think i can run my chiller off the tee it can handle 240 gph it is a 1/10 hp arctica titanium chiller

 

[polecat]

here is a pic

 

[Orca1]

So when are we gonna see some pics of the complete set up man?!?!?!?