Plumbing Help . .

[DaddyReefer13]

I have an Eheim 1260 as a return pump for a 70G tank. I'm trying to figure out how to do my mainifold. Can anyone advise if the following set up will work?

The manifold will be feeding a Calcium Reactor and 2 BRS media reactors. (each port is 1/2 an inch).

 

[thirty5]

that looks like to me it will be fine. Adding those connectors does add some head to it. Are you able to do straight pipe and get rid of the 45? any little bit will help.

I am not saying that your pump is strong enough to add the additional head to it. But that manifold looks ok..

 

[rkaragozler]

IMO, the Eheim you have is to small to feed all 4 items you have mentioned. That pump only does 625 GPH, even if you decided to allow only half to return to your tank, you are left with 313 GPH, that would be just enough to run 1 reactor with either phosban, or carbon.

 

[DaddyReefer13]

IMO, the Eheim you have is to small to feed all 4 items you have mentioned. That pump only does 625 GPH, even if you decided to allow only half to return to your tank, you are left with 313 GPH, that would be just enough to run 1 reactor with either phosban, or carbon.

Given the analysis you provided, what other internal pump would you suggest for this configuration to work?

I have been contemplating getting the eheim 1262 but thought it would be over kill for this tank.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

IMO if you get the ehiem 1262 should be more then enough for your set up it's only 950 GPH.

 

[Jzhou]

Have you checked out the rio 32hf, it should have more than enough flow to run all 4 devices. link

 

[Jzhou]

I think it has a flow rate of 1300 gph at 6 feet.