How much turn over in your tank?

[zigginit]

after I plumbed my return through my chiller and branched some of the power off for the GFO reactor I lost a good bit of my turn over in the tank. i am running a rio2500 and am looking at going to a jebo dc6000, my tank is doing fine with the turn over i have now but i think i just want more.

what kind of turn over does you tank have? have you ever had to little or to much?

 

[Jetsetter57]

What size tank? I'm prob running 500-600 on a 150 with an eheim 1262. Softies are doing great but all sps died or is dying don't know if this is a factor or not though.

 

[Zoarder]

What size tank? I'm prob running 500-600 on a 150 with an eheim 1262. Softies are doing great but all sps died or is dying don't know if this is a factor or not though.

Thats a very small pump... I used that pump in my 125 and now on my 75 gallon frag tank... For my 150 I use this.... http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reeflo-snapper-dart-hybrid-4300-2600gph-1.html

 

[zigginit]

its about a 55g. the rio2500 is rated at like 780gph or so. but after pluming/manifold/chiller I think im getting around 200 to 300gph. I have powerheads so there is flow in the display. it just returns to the sump slower.

so lets say 250gph divided by 55g is 4.5 times turn over. I know that's kinda low but it is doing fine. the skimmer can really work on the water while its down there. I just like the adjustable jebo so thinking of doing that.

 

[BeanMachine]

The jebao dc6000 is terribly overrated

 

[Six2seven]

with a proper sump you can clear up your tank with a higher turnover rate.

 

[Jetsetter57]

Do you mean with a great sump/fuge setup you can run a lower turnover rate?

 

[zigginit]

with a proper sump you can clear up your tank with a higher turnover rate.

not sure I follow what you mean.

 

[Six2seven]

what i mean is,

lets say your sump is doing its job at catching all debris, clearing the water and not adding it back into your tank.

with a strong pump, your tank will clear up faster than a smaller pump. I run a mag18 with no split coming out of the return and if i was to stir my sand or feed without turning off the return, my tank would clear up in a matter of minutes.

 

[Six2seven]

There is actually no need to have a high turnover rate. most equipment runs at very slow gph anyway.

 

[gumbii]

i'm a huge believer in a low turnover rate... your skimmer has more time to clean the water, waste settles on the bottom better, and you get cleaner water... but you need more flow up top, and a stronger heater than normal...

 

[orbela]

i'm a huge believer in a low turnover rate... your skimmer has more time to clean the water, waste settles on the bottom better, and you get cleaner water... but you need more flow up top, and a stronger heater than normal...

Why a stronger heater?


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