Return Manifold Ideas

[ddaddy2420]

In the process of designing my new system and was wanting some ideas on having a separate pump for my return and a separate pump for my manifold which i will run my reactors off of. Does anyone do this and if so can i see pics? I could just run one pump from my sump/refugium and have my manifold off that but I have heard some people that have 2 pumps - one for the sump and one for the manifold. Any ideas?

Dale

 

[jef4y]

I have 5 pumps total if you want to count my skimmer recirc pump.

Return pump
Manifold pump for ca reactor, skimmer and gfo/gac
Pump for my UV
Pump for my matrix reactor

If my manifold pump were bigger I'd only have 2 pumps and add the rest to the manifold system, but alas it's not that big.


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[ddaddy2420]

Where does your manifold pump pull from?


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[porpoiseaquatics]

Here's how mine was set up. The manifold (the white upright tube on the left) sat in the sump next to the return pump. It powered 2 reactors, the main feed on a protein skimmer and finally the UV.

 

[jef4y]

ddaddy2420;845664 wrote: Where does your manifold pump pull from?

The manifold is fed from a separate pump in the sump (next to the ones that feed the Matrix & UV)

 

[ddaddy2420]

What about people using 2 pumps? I know there are lots of you using 1 pump for your manifold and 1 pump for your sumps? Where are you people at? Lets see em.