plumbing question HELP!

[buddyzs]

Ok so I got my 190 gal RR setup all ready to go... the only problem i'm having now is that my return pump is a bit too strong, it pushes up a bit more water than my overflow can handle... and tried adding a durson pipe to it to silence the water but when I do it's not capable of handling that much water so it slowly fills up...

btw I have a pan world 200... roughly around 1700 gph at 0 head.. with 2 1/2" return and 1" drain.. What can I do to balance this out? please I appreciate all the help as this is my last step to get my tank going... thanks

[DarG]

Put a gate valve on the pump and throttle it down so you dont overpower your overflows drain.

[buddyzs]

I thought of that but wouldn't that shorten the life span of the pump? any other way?

[DarG]

You should be able to reduce the output of any pump, its the input you dont want to restrict. A gate valve on the output of your pump will allow you to do what you want to do. Other than that, get a dual overflow or a smaller pump.