I recently purchased a Cade 1200 S2/P from AlgeaBarn. I really like the larger width on the Cade peninsula tanks and decided to go with them vs the more expensive custom route. Im removing the stock sump and plumbing and fitting it with a DIY 60 gallon breeder and roller mat placed in my basement. BRS sells these nifty metric to standard adaptors from Adaptive Reef that fit right onto my Cade under the bulkhead fitting. The drain lines will be converted over to 1-1/4" lines, and the duel return lines in the overflow box are 3/4".
My return pump will be a Sicce Syncra SDC 9.0. I know people on here don't recommend a DC return for a basement sump. However, looking at the data of this pump vs a lot of other AC pumps. This pump seemed to fit bill other than going external and dealing with drilling my sump, additional noise, and power consumption. The SDC 9.0 has 23 feet of head height rating, and ill be dealing with around 12-1/2'(give or take). It also has a 5 year warranty and to make things better BRS had a sale on Sicce pumps which helped sweeten the pot. Im hoping to get around 750-1000 gph through my sump. Sicce's specs state I should be getting around 1500gph at 13Ft. The pump comes with both 1" and 3/4" slip fittings. I drew some really rough sketches to help everyone get an Idea of my situation and ideas.
That's a little background so here's my question. My original thought was to run 1" pvc from the pump all the way to my floor joists under the tank and run 2x - 1" to 3/4" reducing tees from Home Depot. Then plug the far end of the 1" tee with a plug and then run two 3/4" pipes 6 feet through my joist, stand, then into the tank. My concern is that the 1" plug will cause significant head pressure loss? However then benefit of this option is it might help equalize the flow in the 3/4" pipe on both sides of the overflow box? Here's another sketch.
Option 2 was to run 1" pipe to the joist and then use a 1" to 3/4" reducing slip fitting to a 3/4" tee for the first return. Then fit a 3/4" pipe between the tee and a 90 degree elbow to the second return line. I feel like this option would decrease head pressure and increase flow? Then the down Side is the flow would be biased towards the side with the elbow and lacking on the tee side?
Option 3 would be to utilize the 3/4" slip fitting the Sicce comes with and run 3/4" all the way to the tank. Ive read that it's better to run larger pipe size as far as you can when dealing with larger head pressures. Is this true, or am I just over thinking all this? Any help from some knowledgeable plumbers or people who have experience with basement sumps would be great!
My return pump will be a Sicce Syncra SDC 9.0. I know people on here don't recommend a DC return for a basement sump. However, looking at the data of this pump vs a lot of other AC pumps. This pump seemed to fit bill other than going external and dealing with drilling my sump, additional noise, and power consumption. The SDC 9.0 has 23 feet of head height rating, and ill be dealing with around 12-1/2'(give or take). It also has a 5 year warranty and to make things better BRS had a sale on Sicce pumps which helped sweeten the pot. Im hoping to get around 750-1000 gph through my sump. Sicce's specs state I should be getting around 1500gph at 13Ft. The pump comes with both 1" and 3/4" slip fittings. I drew some really rough sketches to help everyone get an Idea of my situation and ideas.
That's a little background so here's my question. My original thought was to run 1" pvc from the pump all the way to my floor joists under the tank and run 2x - 1" to 3/4" reducing tees from Home Depot. Then plug the far end of the 1" tee with a plug and then run two 3/4" pipes 6 feet through my joist, stand, then into the tank. My concern is that the 1" plug will cause significant head pressure loss? However then benefit of this option is it might help equalize the flow in the 3/4" pipe on both sides of the overflow box? Here's another sketch.
Option 2 was to run 1" pipe to the joist and then use a 1" to 3/4" reducing slip fitting to a 3/4" tee for the first return. Then fit a 3/4" pipe between the tee and a 90 degree elbow to the second return line. I feel like this option would decrease head pressure and increase flow? Then the down Side is the flow would be biased towards the side with the elbow and lacking on the tee side?
Option 3 would be to utilize the 3/4" slip fitting the Sicce comes with and run 3/4" all the way to the tank. Ive read that it's better to run larger pipe size as far as you can when dealing with larger head pressures. Is this true, or am I just over thinking all this? Any help from some knowledgeable plumbers or people who have experience with basement sumps would be great!
