How Much does your tank turnover?

SDguy · Apr 22, 2009

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SDguy · Apr 22, 2009

FiReBReTHa said:
stay on topic peoples. this thread is the start of the next discussion thread. this is merely a poll and not a chit chat. next thread will discuss the numbers that we get from this thread.

mmmkay

Might want to get a mod to change the title of your poll so people what they are voting for....

FiReBReTHa · Apr 22, 2009

SDguy said:
Might want to get a mod to change the title of your poll so people what they are voting for....

good point

to say, "tanks overflow"

killingseed2000 · Apr 22, 2009

you mean return flow?
ya, if you want a poll on flow, that ones doesnt even come close to mine, which is around 50 to 60x. :>

MikeB · Apr 23, 2009

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iani · Apr 23, 2009

FateX8 said:
oh whoops, i thought you meant total turnover
why would someone care about turnover from overflow though?

B/c lower turnover to the sump equals better contact time with the skimmer, which equals better skimming.

GrouperGenius · Apr 23, 2009

I'm in at 15 plus times an hour. Personally don't put much creedence in the (slow flow, let the skimmer have a chance) mentality. Skimmers will pull what they can pull. Why keep the excess nutrients in the display waiting to get stripped?

Get a better skimmer.

Burks · Apr 23, 2009

Coral vat:

40g

Tunze 6025 modded (pushes more than my K4) 1200GPH + 400GPH return = 1600GPH/40g = 40 time turnover.

At one time I had both the Tunze and K4 running, so it was massive but proved too much.

Edit: My apologies, I missed the no powerhead thing. So really, it does a 10x turn over through the same size sump.

Murfman · Apr 24, 2009

Two overflows with 1 1/2" drains to a 125 gallon sump. 2400 GHP Snapper pump for return running full open.

480greefer · Apr 26, 2009

4 Tunze 6305, 2 6201 inside the external waveboxes, 2000gph return... Awaiting on 2 more 6305 i am looking at close to 100x turn over in 500g display with 730g total volume..

brandon2432 · Apr 27, 2009

turnover from over flow is how much you filter through skimmer and or fuge so mayby that is what needs to be taught. I have a 125 with a 55 sump I run a mag 12 with about 4' of head so I turnover about 850gph 425gal through the skimmer and the other half through the fuge. Turning over water that is not filtered is useless. Powerheads are cheaper than pumps.lol

MikeB · Apr 29, 2009

I believe this stat is skewed. To many votes were most likely thinking total tank flow vs overflow

Wy Renegade · Apr 29, 2009

QuietOne 4000 on a 65 gallon aquarium; rated at about 1000gph - figure lose for head height about 900 gallons per hour, so about 13 or 14X per hour if I did the math right. No issues with skimmer working or cheato growing at that rate.

FiReBReTHa · May 1, 2009

Browns said:
I believe this stat is skewed. To many votes were most likely thinking total tank flow vs overflow

shouldnt have, that would mean allot of people didnt read the first post.

they would just be covered in fail then.

chk4tix · May 9, 2009

In my 120g, I have only about 6x turnover. I am running a Iwaki 70rlt but I have almost 18' of head.

DaveMorris · May 10, 2009

My 300g has approx. 6x turnover via two GenX PCX40 return pumps. They are pushing approx. 1800gph when I take into consideration head loss mostly from the large amount of pipe they push water through. I like high turnover through the sump. I run micron bags and the more the water flows through them, the more floating particles get filtered out.

lhcorals · May 11, 2009

My 265 Gal reef has a dart ( 3600 GPH ). So i am guessing 10 to 12 times a hour with haed loss. As a total with return pump and Tunze's around 13,000 GPH.

robharold · May 19, 2009

since it said do not count PH's I have about 7. w/ PH I have twice that

forddna · May 19, 2009

ianiwane said:
B/c lower turnover to the sump equals better contact time with the skimmer, which equals better skimming.

+1. I have a 960gph return pump on my 220g, and I considered going larger, but was advised not to based on my skimmer pump's volume being close to the same as the return pump. I could upgrade my skimmer pump and then upgrade my return pump, but that's a lot of wasted money for a few hundred gph.