you do not need a large amount of flow going thru your sump.. you want to add vortech mp40's on oppisite ends to create your random flow inside the tank. if you have a lot of flow going thru the sump it cannot do what it was intended to do and that is get rid of excess nutrients by skimming, refugium needs slow flow to eat up the nitrates, and carbon to get rid of harmful toxins, before returning back to the main display