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Old 01-29-2007, 11:39 AM   #4 (permalink)
waucedah_joe
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Re: Critique my sump design.

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Originally Posted by PhilOlsen View Post
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The design looks good, the only concern I have is the amount of flow. You really want to keep the turnover to 4-5 times tank volume per hour, I would go with a 400-600 GPH overflow instead of 1200.
Thanks for the feedback. What do you see as a drawback to the higher flow? I originally started with the lower flow that you suggest but sought to increase the flow with the goal of getting the all of my powerheads out of the main tank and not adding an additional closed loop system. That's why I put my fuge section on the end instead of the middle so that all the sump flow did not go through the refugium. Also why I figured I'd through this out there before construction begins.
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