That sounds like a good start. You want lots of intake area to minimize the suction. Pretty much a reverse spray bar. The more holes you have in a spray bar the less pressure the streams of water coming out of the spray bar will have.
converting a spa filter/pump unit for use on my fish tank
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That sounds like a good start. You want lots of intake area to minimize the suction. Pretty much a reverse spray bar. The more holes you have in a spray bar the less pressure the streams of water coming out of the spray bar will have.
We run two Pentair Rainbow RTL-25s on our 300 gallon tank. Love them for mechanical filtration.
Love them so much, I'm going with six bigger RTLs on my big tank upgrade. They are extremely good at mechanical filtration.
Keep and eye on your water temperature!!!! The heat might build up quickly or it might build up slowly but if the pump adds more heat into your tank than your tank can dissipate the temperature will continue to rise.
I'm running into a few issues. now when i plug it in the pump only pumps on "low" mode. I guess i'm going to have to rig up a speed button, since it uses so sort of interrupter to adjust what speed the pump runs at.
Also, @ the person above who uses a similar setup to the one I am aiming at, does you water hit the filter before or after it hits your pump? I'm not sure If I should put the filter before or after the pump on my setup.
Also, @ the person above who uses a similar setup to the one I am aiming at, does you water hit the filter before or after it hits your pump? I'm not sure If I should put the filter before or after the pump on my setup.
If you're writing about my spa filter setup, the pump draws water from the tank and then pushes the water through the spa filters, then back into the tank. So: main tank--pump--spa filters--main tank.
