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So I am building a new setup in my basement, I was talking to my wife she gave a okay to plumb upstairs tank into the basement tank. I wanna plumb my 90 sps tank into it. From basement to head on the sps tank is about 13 ft in height. It's about 40 ft across the house. I have a blue line 40 HD already running in the sps tank with that be able to push that much water? Or do I need to upgrade pump?
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3/4" return that splits to 2-1/2" nozzles and 1-1" or 1.25" drain line I forget.
Also what's best way to plumb as far as pvc?? Advice is apprciated
 

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I just did calculations using 13 feet vertical, 40 feet horizontal, with 3, 90 degree elbows, one union, with one exit, and I got:

For 3/4 inch pipe 294 gph.
For 1 inch pipe 377 gph.

I would use either rigid PVC or flex PVC.

FYI, I wouldn't be happy with that flow.
 
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No I would want at least 5 times turn over and I have 2 wav pumps and a mp 10 in that tank
 
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Any suggestion on pump and it would have 4 90s on it or if I did spa pipe that might help with flow
 
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What pump would be a good Candidate for the distance and to put about 600 gph into the tank at the return nozzles
 

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