jmetz32 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 well im trading away my 56 gallon established tank and moving all the livestock over to my 125... my 125 has only been running for 5 days... got the water tested.. says there is a small amount of nitrates... im going to hook up my 20 gallon sump from my 56 to my 40 gallon sump on my 125... plus move over the rock and sand and livestock... do you think the livestock will be ok? my lfs thinks so... also im using 1/2 bulkheads to connect the two sumps with 3/4 pvc pipe..... is 1/2 going to be able to handle the flow? the pump is 1200 gph.. dual overflow... so about 600 gph in each drain.. can 1/2 pvc handle 600 gph? i googled it and internet says its good... thoughts.. i will be doing all of this tonight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefsickness Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 USE 1" PVC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 the biggest size bulkheads they had at homedepot was the 1/2"....... it should work for now right? i can order some bigger bulkheads from aquarium website later... do you think my livestock will be ok? im using all the same water, sand, rock, and filters... just adding it to another system... the 125 gallon has 130 lbs of base rock and about 140 lbs of dead sand... my 56 has about 30 lbs of live rock and 10 lbs of live sand.. plus bio-balls in sump... which i will take out later since they are a nitrate factory from what i hear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted February 4, 2012 Author Share Posted February 4, 2012 well they are actually 3/4 in bulkheads but run 1/2 pvc through them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePremiumAquarium Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I have all the way up to 2" bulkheads here in the shop if you need them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 well transfer was successful... no livestock lost.. water parameters better than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltfinsax Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 With rock and sand you sould have no spikes in the water. I have the same setup and you should go with a larger bulkhead or two small ones. Just remeber that if something plugs the one your in trouble. So no critters in the first sump or stuff that can plug the bulkhead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmetz32 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 i went with the 2" bulkheads.. its working great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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