Plumbing

Just picked up my new 80g tank. Never had to use a sump before so I was wondering what my max gph should be? Im going with an Eheim so would it be better to go with a 1250 (317gph) or do a 1260 (635gph) with a ball valve in between?

Ive heard that you want a lower gph for your return to let the skimmer work right? The tank will have mostly LPS and fish.

i do mostly pic's ask question if you have any





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Well after a few years in the hobby I feel its time for an upgrade. What better time to look for a larger tank than when the wife is out of town.

So I started searching for a larger tank, luck lead me to a nice 240g along with 2 ice cap ballast's, rubbermaid holding tank, reef flo pump, and a whole lot of plumbing.

Step 1. Call wife and tell her I'm buying a tank-check

Step 2. Find a place to put it-Check

Step 3. Clean out spot-ummm ya heres ...

here are the pics pf my sump.

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I really could use some help. Here is my problem, I tried to make my own sump (some may remember when I asked for help ) i thought I had it figured out I was wrong. today I started my sump, I am still having trouble with some noise( not that big a deal), not realy sure how deep to set overflow box inside the tank, my BIG problem is the skimmer is in too much water because I cut my baffles to tall. I went with 8" baffles, i called where i got skimmer from they told me to raise it up i can't ...

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