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Hello all,

I'm a cichlid researcher setting up my own fish facility. I'm setting up plumbing for a central reservoir that will pump into multiple racks with several 30-gallon tanks. I have one concern. I will be using a submersible pump in a central reservoir (that will mix salt/buffer) and pump into a large PVC pipe vertically up (about 8 feet ) where it will then split into each rack. I am concerned if this pump needs to be permanently on since not all these tanks will require water flow. I would like to have enough pressure to fill new tanks in each rack but I'm unclear whether leaving this pump on 24/7 is a good idea.

Note: 30-80% of the tanks will always have some water flow from this plumbing.

Any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Sebastian

 

[sebcredible]

Thanks for your replies! In a follow up would you recommend pumping air from an aquarium air pump or from an air compressor? I'm worried about the amount of noise a compressor may generate but I would prefer to have constant air flow in all my tanks.

Any suggestions or help greatly appreciated!

Sebastian