About how many GPH should this be? Seems low

pottsburg

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I have a quiet one pump that should be pushing 350GPH with 5' of head. Here's how it is routed after the pump....

It splits at a T and then each side has a 90* elbow, goes up 1.5 feet, then has another 90* elbow to point the pipe towards the tank. On each of the 2 ends of pipe hanging over the tank, I've got a lock-line hose that splits and flows into the tank. That totals to 4 nozzles. The pipe is whatever size that fits the 3/4" lock-lines.

I am doing this for a 46bowfront that is going to have seahorses in it. It seems like there isn't much flow at all and that it would make keeping any softies at all impossible because the flow isn't great at all. Guess I need to get a bigger pump?
 
I would definitely get a bigger pump. AT LEAST double what you already have. Eheim make the best pumps imo.
 
even @ 350gal/hr thats only like 75gal/hr coming out of each nozzle and I betting you have more than 5' of head so that makes it even less. 75gal/h is very little flow.
 
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