I prefer slower flow through the sump. It's quieter, typically cleaner (think salt spray and creep) and cheaper.
I'd spend more time thinking about the overflow.
I'd spend more time thinking about the overflow.
Return Pump Recommendations
Hello all,
I am purchasing a used 300 gal 120" x 24" x 24". Reading through the current hardware in the system I saw that the return pump currently being used is a Sicce syncra 16. I was a bit thrown back by this because that pump is rated for a max of 4200GPH. I realize being the return pump that there is about 5-7 ft of head loss on this tank which reduces it to somewhere between 2750-3450GPH according to the Sicce website. That is a tank turnover rate of 9 to 11 times per hour!
I plan to run a Vortech MP60 in this tank, so I don't think flow in the display will be an issue. I thought I had heard somewhere around 5 times the water volume is best, so that the skimmer and rest of your sump/refuge have time to clean up the water before it returns. That was my understanding anyway. My question is, planning for a high volume FOWLR (and maybe an anemone) do I need that much turnover from my return pump in this tank? What are your thoughts?
Thanks
I am purchasing a used 300 gal 120" x 24" x 24". Reading through the current hardware in the system I saw that the return pump currently being used is a Sicce syncra 16. I was a bit thrown back by this because that pump is rated for a max of 4200GPH. I realize being the return pump that there is about 5-7 ft of head loss on this tank which reduces it to somewhere between 2750-3450GPH according to the Sicce website. That is a tank turnover rate of 9 to 11 times per hour!
I plan to run a Vortech MP60 in this tank, so I don't think flow in the display will be an issue. I thought I had heard somewhere around 5 times the water volume is best, so that the skimmer and rest of your sump/refuge have time to clean up the water before it returns. That was my understanding anyway. My question is, planning for a high volume FOWLR (and maybe an anemone) do I need that much turnover from my return pump in this tank? What are your thoughts?
Thanks
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Is that a glass or acrylic tank?I am purchasing a used 300 gal 120" x 24" x 24".
I agree with the salt spray and creep thought process. That had not even occurred to me. This is an acrylic tank FYII prefer slower flow through the sump. It's quieter, typically cleaner (think salt spray and creep) and cheaper.
I'd spend more time thinking about the overflow.
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