powerheads
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BlueYonder
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Hmmmmm.......Good question.
Lets expand upon that question - is there a ratio to what the turnover rate should be for; through the sump, powerheads, and closed-loop.
hypothetical - I'm running a reef tank, why would i need to push more water through my sump than my skimmer can skim? (I'm not using my sump as refugium in this hypothetical) I would be more concerned about the actual flow in the tank. So maybe 60% of flow from powerheads/30% flow from return pipe/10% flow from X. Or what?
hypothetical - I'm running a reef tank, why would i need to push more water through my sump than my skimmer can skim? (I'm not using my sump as refugium in this hypothetical) I would be more concerned about the actual flow in the tank. So maybe 60% of flow from powerheads/30% flow from return pipe/10% flow from X. Or what?
BlueYonder
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Seems like one of the tricks is to get enough surface agitation to help with gas exchange, but to also keep a good flow lower in the tank to help bring debris, etc to the surface for the overflows to catch....Very tricky.
It also depends heavily on what you plan to keep. A mixed reef will do well with 20x turn over and a nice even flow through out the tank. SPS on the other hand will do better with higher flow, again even and spread out. Fish only on the other hand can get away with much smaller flow numbers.
For what it is worth I have 400gph flow to the sump and about 3480 gph in the tank itself (plus about 300gph in the sump with my Fluval 3)
For what it is worth I have 400gph flow to the sump and about 3480 gph in the tank itself (plus about 300gph in the sump with my Fluval 3)
BlueYonder
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jwarcop....I don't understand.......A controller for my powerheads?...If that is what you mean, my wavemaster pro pump controller has no probe....It operates with a processor to simulate wave motions, from mild to strong.
