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    amateur plumbing effort

    I've finished (hopefully) the primary assembly of my sump return and the scrubber set up for my 72 bowfront. The scrubber is powered by a mag7 and the sump return is a mag9.5. the return goes up ~55" through 2 ninety degree elbows, will the 9.5 be powerful enough for that much head ? I've also got the return piping crammed in there pretty tight. If i ever have to clean or replace the pump i'm going to have to cut and redo some pvc. Is there a better way? I dont want to elevate the pump off the bottom of the sump as i dont want to have too much water in there as it is. Hopefully the pic works, i'm still figuring out my iphone.
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    Re: amateur plumbing effort

    You can put unions (coupler with an o0ring seal) that un-thread so you do not have to cut the pipe.
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    Re: amateur plumbing effort

    Until yesterday i didnt know what a union was when related to plumbing. Now that i know, i wont be destroying any pipe. Thanks for the tip!

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    Re: amateur plumbing effort

    I think most places label it a coupler???
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    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    Re: amateur plumbing effort

    Thats what my hardware store had it as. Once i saw that it made sense. Got a big shipment of supplies in today, still need to get a light and an ro/di unit and i'llbe testing for leaks.

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    Re: amateur plumbing effort

    I got a real good deal on ebay for a RO/DI set up. I bought it from this guy. No complaints at all so far. http://stores.ebay.com/filterdirectstore
    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    Re: amateur plumbing effort

    I've bought from them before and i have a feeling history will be repeating itself.

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    Re: amateur plumbing effort

    same here, as I need to replace filters again soon.
    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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