a little advice on a Javelin livewell pump

gonefishing7903

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Javelin Venom 17
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ok so after the mishap with the livewell pump and doing the trouble shooting a full replacement of the livewell pump was in order. so even though this is a pretty straighforward project i thought i would never hurt to ask for conformation that im proceeding correctly or maybe some additional considerations.

so my old pump didnt say on it what the gph output was anywhere on it, so i had to guess by pumpsize. i picked up the attwood model that is 500gph. my livewell isnt the biggest (if i remember correctly its 20gal) so im thinking that 500gph is plenty (i plan on adding a livewell timer this spring) but please correct me if im wrong.

secondly when i run the plumbing through the hull i was just planning on sealing off everything with silicone and calling it good. is there any better way of doing this or more that i need to add to it just in case?