I have a few questions in regards to plumbing. I'm having a hard time grasping the concept of how to size the pump correctly along with the right size of pipe. Here is what I have planned and maybe someone can help ease my mind a bit.
29g display tank
10g
refugium PVC Pipe (Ø is probably going to be 1"-1 1/2")
I know that I’m going to need a pump in the
fuge that can handle a 50”+ head. My main question is how do you plumb the intake so that it will break the siphon if you loose power to the pump? I'm leaning towards drilling the tank for a bulkhead but not sure how to break the siphon.
The other question that I had is, how do you ensure that your intake can keep up with the pump? And how do you ensure that the pump can keep up with the intake? I don’t want to flood my living room if one can’t keep up.
Here are some jpegs of my design so far. I haven’t selected a pump yet so it’s not in the diagram yet. The intake is on the left and the return comes back to a spray bar. Any help with this would be appreciated.
Thanks
