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04/06/2011, 10:46 AM
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can someone tell me how many gph pump i should be using for a 200 gall fish only tank. thanks
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04/06/2011, 11:55 AM
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You could get a ticket!!
 
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the main tank usually has 20x tank turnover minimum. Seems quite a few people have more.
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Try to keep in mind that we are all human...mistakes do happen! Be kinder than necessary because every one you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Current Tank Info: 40 breeder - started 9/2011 - platinum perc and sanjay's black photon clownfishes; sps and lps, and soft corals; 250w MH, 20 long sump w Bubble Magus Nac 3.5 skimmer 12g nano cube -serpent star, mini carpet anemones, w 6 sexy shrimp, 150w MH, maxi je |
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04/06/2011, 12:31 PM
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I would recommend no more than 5 x's throughput through the sump. The rest of the circulation is usually met through powerheads. If you have 20 x's turnover with your main pump, just think how fast the water goes through the sump. Would hardly be enough time for the freshly skimmed water to have any contact time at all with the skimmer, refugium, etc. would it?
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04/06/2011, 12:35 PM
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I agree,the 10-20x is with powerheads on a SPS coral tank.
A return pump from a sump would be only like 600-800 GPH tops after head pressure is subtracted.
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04/06/2011, 12:36 PM
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You could get a ticket!!
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I was reading as for the DT. Maybe he means a return pump?
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Try to keep in mind that we are all human...mistakes do happen! Be kinder than necessary because every one you meet is fighting some kind of battle. Current Tank Info: 40 breeder - started 9/2011 - platinum perc and sanjay's black photon clownfishes; sps and lps, and soft corals; 250w MH, 20 long sump w Bubble Magus Nac 3.5 skimmer 12g nano cube -serpent star, mini carpet anemones, w 6 sexy shrimp, 150w MH, maxi je |
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04/06/2011, 12:37 PM
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20x is way too much. the skimmer, and the refigue won't have time to take all of the bad stuff out. my tank is 90g and it's at 5x the flow. for 200g, it's going to be 1000gph.
i want a 200g tank, but too much for my blood. |
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04/06/2011, 12:37 PM
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Quote:
But only the OP knows at this point.
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04/06/2011, 06:22 PM
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Thanks all but I should have said that the sump is 52 gal. I was thinking on using 1000 gph pump. I am putting the returns on both sides of the tank. Just wasn't sure if it was enough
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