Pump advice, Please?!

Jhuneke · Jul 18, 2016

Wondering if an Iwaki rlt40 will be strong enough to use in water change station... To mount externally and send water from my barrel to my tank about 50-60 ' away around 2 corners w maybe 2' head pressure going up to tank level to fill?? I'll be using a vinyl tube..
TIA

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Jhuneke · Jul 18, 2016

Trying to find out before morning.. Got a lightly used one setup for purchase.

ERIC1975 · Jul 18, 2016

It depends on how fast you want your tank filled lol

You can test run it and see how fast it fills your needed volume of water. Most important is head pressure and diameter of the tube. Horizontal distance wouldn't really matters

Jhuneke · Jul 18, 2016

It has 880gph rating..
And I do 25 g water changes mostly

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Jhuneke · Jul 19, 2016

Morning Bump

anyone used this pump ??

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Jhuneke · Jul 19, 2016

Anybody up yet? Lol I have about an hour to decide and nothing online is very helpful for this application .. :/

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ERIC1975 · Jul 19, 2016

If you're planning to use it to mix your saltwater also then I'd say you need a stronger pump. If you're only using it to pump new saltwater into your tank then that should be fine.
I used the one of those Panworld pump (forgot the rating ...but prob around 1200 gal/hour) to both mix and change water with 6 ft of head pressure.

Jhuneke · Jul 19, 2016

Ok thanks .. No , it's just pushing water to my tank 50+ feet away

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AFUreef · Jul 19, 2016

Jami I would say you will be fine with that pump as long as your not using it to mix as well. Horizontal movement isn't that big it's more height head pressure that makes the difference. I would say go for it. Especially at the price your getting the pump too. Good luck.

Jhuneke · Jul 19, 2016

Ok thanks guys

gonna lock it down .. And finally get this beastly build finished!

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newtothis · Jul 19, 2016

Jhuneke said:

If I remember on these pumps. They are all pressure pumps. The 880gph, that you are referring to are rated at 4' of head.

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