Return pump flow

[coralosity351]

So looking at building a square tank wondering is my return pump is powerful enough can I just use that for flow?

 

[GatorGuys]

You will probably need to explain the size of the tank - as the volume of the tank is more important that the shape...

What is the length x width x height of the tank you plan on building - and what return pump do you plan on using?

 

[coralosity351]

3ft square 100gal. And I would like to get a vectra m1

 

[coralosity351]

18 in tall my bad

 

[Gomery12]

Rated at 2000 gph, which is 20 times volume turnover, plenty enough. How big sump? That will make the number go down as well, but say you added a 30 gallon sump, that would take it to 15x turnover in an hour

 

[mcarroll]

It doesn't matter the size of the tank, I wouldn't use anything but powerheads for in-tank flow.

They already have a ton of great options, including options for hiding pumps, but in addition their Turbelle® stream 3 will also be out soon:

Your 100 gallon cube would be something like this:

 

[mcarroll]

Since they can be mounted anywhere, in almost any direction, hiding shouldn't be too much of a problem.

Here's a thread link and some vid material that might help going forward:
Flow reach by pump model?

Vids:
Flow vs. turbulence – some great info and video flow demonstrations

Stream 3 pump videos:
Turbelle® Stream 3 - Dawn of a new pump technology
Interzoo 2016: TUNZE® Turbelle® Stream 3 - First details
Only one Tunze® Turbelle® Stream3 creating a gyre flow in the Interzoo 2016 show tank
2 Tunze® Turbelle® Stream3 creating a wave and a directional current
Interzoo 2016: TUNZE® Turbelle® Stream 3 - First unboxing