System flow

[RobTop]

My 220 is sps dominate and has good growth and coloration. I have a Dart on a 4-way CL, and a second Dart for the return, it T's off to the 125 fuge and goes into the tank via a super squirt. My skimmer is an areo-foamer driven by a mag 24. I did some caulculations on the fishroom electrical and decided that I wanted to lower watts. The Mag is a hog. I was thinking about getting another Dart to drive the skimmer. Then I thought why not pull the dart from the CL and put a hammerhead on the CL. I am ready to order the hammerhead, but a friend tells me I am crazy. I have plenty of flow, the HH is a monster that I do not need and everything is working fine, so don't fix it.
Anyone here care to offer up an opinion?

 

[Blown 346]

What is the turnover per hour with your tank now? I myself liek to see between 30 and 40 times an hour.

 

[RobTop]

Another tank keeper in Rockford! Did you know about the club out here? Rockfordreefers.org, great group of reefers, check them out.
As far as turn, inside the 220 I am estimating it is at 18 turns an hours. So you'd vote kick it up.

 

[hahnmeister]

Want to lower that wattage? You can do better than that (although the hammerhead idea will work... I have seen it done like you speak of... for some reason, hammerheads are very popular by me).

You can swap out the skimmer for a needlewheel first of all... that will cut out a good 100-200 watts right there. And then use the Dart on the CL, OR, trade up for Tunzes.

 

[RobTop]

The watt issue as become second to my desire to have more power. After all if I ditch the mag, replace it with a dart and put a hammerhead on it I will be adding watts.
The tunzes are an idea, but I have a hole in my tank for the CL. And I love my skimmer so I am not ready to look elsewere, just yet. Good ideas though. Thnaks