govertical19
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Hey all!
:wavehand:
I have a little issue with micro bubbles.. I have always had it but I wanna try to stop it. I have a have a 265 gallon, and a 75 gallon connected to a 75ish gallon sump that probably hold 30-40 gallons when the system is running. It is all connected with a reeflo dart pump.
I have never had the pump on full flow because the more I open the ball valves the more bubbles come into the 2 display tanks. I currently started using a filter sock for my return but that did not really change anything. I was wondering if I should be able to open the return pump up all the way for full flow? With out have micro bubbles? I have to try to find a picture of the sump when I made it, but it is made like any other sump with the bubble traps and everything.
I was think about maybe buying a smaller return pump but when I was building the system I thought the theory was to have about 10-15x the total volume. Do you guys think this is to much flow? I read somewhere that someone thought that 5x the display tank was enough for a return pump.If I by another pump I was thinking about using the reeflo as another pump for the display tank. I really would love to open it up all the way to have more flow in the tanks with out having to buy another pump.
What you guys?
:wavehand:
I have a little issue with micro bubbles.. I have always had it but I wanna try to stop it. I have a have a 265 gallon, and a 75 gallon connected to a 75ish gallon sump that probably hold 30-40 gallons when the system is running. It is all connected with a reeflo dart pump.
I have never had the pump on full flow because the more I open the ball valves the more bubbles come into the 2 display tanks. I currently started using a filter sock for my return but that did not really change anything. I was wondering if I should be able to open the return pump up all the way for full flow? With out have micro bubbles? I have to try to find a picture of the sump when I made it, but it is made like any other sump with the bubble traps and everything.
I was think about maybe buying a smaller return pump but when I was building the system I thought the theory was to have about 10-15x the total volume. Do you guys think this is to much flow? I read somewhere that someone thought that 5x the display tank was enough for a return pump.If I by another pump I was thinking about using the reeflo as another pump for the display tank. I really would love to open it up all the way to have more flow in the tanks with out having to buy another pump.
What you guys?
