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flow and turn over rate
i sure i need mor flow i have a quite one 3000 that does 780 qph that is a turn over rate on my system of around 6.5 times
what should i have total system vol is around 120-130ish tank and sump
from pump goes up 1"pvc into TEE that has a 3/4" ball valve that feeds a refugium then goes up to a max head of 5' ish split to 2 3/4" lines that have valve and goes to each cormer of tank with Y'ED 3/4" LINE LOCKS i will ppost som picks so it make more sence
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Looks good.
That turn over rate is fine depending on your plans on what the sump will do, how many pumps you want in your tank, etc
I have very slow turnover in my tank. I only have macro algae in the sump so I need it slow.
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i can control the flow in my refugium cause it is a seperate chamber... but in the first i have a skimmer i have the reef octo running at the moment caue i need a few plumbing items for the aqua-c
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from what im was looking at on reef central i shuold have more since i am tring to gat a bit ov movement from the line locs
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Ok cool, then I would go as high as your overflow will let you.
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