rio 1700(nah) mag 5 (nah) mag 7 (nah) mag 9???

by **gumbii** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:25 pm

lol...

i'm sporting a rio 32hf or something... i know it's aboot 2300gph with a high head... the return is split to two 1" piping and two 3/4" eductors... one on each side of the tank... the only thing i need to get now is a better overflow box... i have two POS ones and they are getting on my nerves... they are rated at 500gph but i have 1-1/4" u-pipes... that made a huge difference... but i get micro bubbles in my tank because of the lack of bubble trap in my rubbermaid sump... fail...

i'll see if i have a picture...

by **gumbii** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:27 pm

i guess the uploader doesn't work... hmm... lets see if i can photobucket it... or i might just add the tank now... it's been a year since i started the tank and i still don't have it up here... k...

by **fihsboy** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 3:11 am

damn dude. How big is that tank? I got the 9 in today.......the out put is larger than what is on the 7...so I have to get a new little set up.... im thinking about getting rid of the hard line set up......im losing a TON of flow from it. I want to hook up my mag 9 with a nice hose setup. too much you think?

by **gumbii** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:17 am

uh... i dunno...?

i have a 90g tank... are you ready...? i'm going to put a link...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v317/ ... 0_0057.jpg

there...

and i like hard lines... i really don't believe that you are going to gain a noticable difference if you change... srsly...

by **fihsboy** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:28 am

Thats pretty sick man! It looks nice. Ill hook up the 9 friday.

by **gumbii** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:31 am

good luck with that...

by **jweb** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:02 pm

i just ordered a koralia 3. so now i'll have 2000+ gph in my 58 gallon. I also bought the maxijet mod, which is amazing, it turned my 100 gph power head into about 600 gph. I need a higher power sump pump eventually. I have the mag drive 5 (or equivalent) I think, it came with the setup I bought. It has a high flow, but not enough IMO. The return is split into two 1" bendy pipes. So it's low power coming out of them.

by **Snowboss4492** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:23 am

i spent 15 years building gas stations .................so i can comment on pipeing - -you can lose up to 15 percent of your flow in one solid 90 degree ell fitting 5-7 percent in a 45 ............its crazy how much flow you can lose - - - i would say its very safe to say that a one inch hose with minimal sweeping bends in it is equvalent to 1 1/2 to 2 inch hard pipeing

we were pulling out 4 inch main trunk line {steel pipe}at truck stops and replaceing it with 2 1/2 inch enviroflex flexable line and gaining flow, just to give you an idea

by **fihsboy** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:56 am

well......I have basically 7 90 degree fittings in the line..... so im losing a TON with that.....I might try to hook up the 9 with tubing and see how that goes. Id like a solid 700-800 gph out of each pipe......of course thats alternating....

by **fihsboy** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 12:51 pm

I took out the prefilter on my 7 today.....HOLY COW. that helped a lot! it wasnt really dirty....its just that thick sponge.....took it off and BAM. more flow. im going to softline it today as well.....less stress on the pump and more flow. if thats not enough.......pulling out the Mag 9.5. if it does work then im selling the mag 9 to the lfs. :)

rio 1700(nah) mag 5 (nah) mag 7 (nah) mag 9???

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rio 1700(nah) mag 5 (nah) mag 7 (nah) mag 9???

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