50 Cube Vortech Mp10 or Mp40?

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Well the specs say your pump runs at a little over 600gph with 4 feet of head pressure. I am running the atmann 3000 that came with my tank. I believe it runs at a little over 700gph with my head pressure. Right now I have a valve turning down the return flow to a little over 3/4 power so most of the flow in the tank comes from my mp10s. The 14hf would only give you 30 more gallons of flow per hour. I have read that the rule of thumb is only 8 to 10 times of total tank volume per hour, if that's the case we both have too much flow lol.
I believe the 8 to 10 X is in relation to turn over through the sump...not flow in tank. Keep word is through...
For example...a 100 gallon tank needs a minimum of about a 1000 gph pump. I run at about 15x turn over myself. Just my two cents.

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