90 gallon

[hcakebax]

what type of gph my pump should be?

 

[nickh06]

I just upgraded to a 90 gallon RR tank about 3 months ago and had the same debate. I was given a brand new mag 9.5 with the tank and had my mag 5 from my old tank at home. After I was done setting up the tank and transferring everything from my old 55 I hooked up the mag 9.5 first but my sump couldnt keep up with the volume and the water was going way too fast through my sump.

What I ended up doing was adding a ball valve to tone it down. Perfect setup, my mag 5 was about the same volume that I am running now. Like leveldrummer stated you want the skimmer to be able to do its job so 4-5 times the tank volume I found works for me.

 

[jbdreefs]

I like to buy a pump rated for about 10x tank volume. This affords me the ability to tee off from the return line to run media reactors.

 

[hiimsean]

I'm using an Eheim 1262 on my 90g.

 

[nickh06]

AFDANW;918373 wrote: I am about to upgrade to a 90 gallon myself. I have a mag5 and a mag7 at the house. Do you think that would be enough for me? i was thinking about going up to a mag12 or mag18. If i could use my mag7 and not spend more money, that would make me pretty happy.

You should be golden with the 7. I use my 5 for water changes. Are you plumbing in a reactor or any extras? If so you might want to go bigger. I have my dual reactor separate but thinking about upgrading my sump to a ruby 30. My current sump can't keep up with the mag 9 wide open(way too much flow)

 

[nickh06]

AFDANW;918376 wrote: I plan on runnin 2 10inch canister filters as biopelet reactors. If i can run the return pump on my mag7, and the 2 canisters and a UV all in series with eachother off of the mag5, and not have to buy any pumps, i would be perfectly fine with that.

Yea that should work great! Let me know how it turns out. What sump are you going to run? I'm debating between a new sump or apex lite for my Christmas present lol