flow rate through sump?

[mudbuttjones]

In my opinion its cheaper just to run one large return than a small return and clutter your tank up with a bunch of powerheads.

Slower flow rates filter more effectively. Faster flow rates filter water less effectively, the trade off is that you're filtering and moving more water.

If your sump is large enough and has enough media it shouldn't matter.

Life's too short to worry about spending $5 extra per month to run a properly sized return pump.

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[Malte81]

At the moment i have no second pump in my tank and it works.
If this wouldnt be enough i only ad one tunze stream pump with 6 watt.
Then i have under 60 watt and not 160 watt with a monster pump.
I have three kids, a big house, 3 cars, two dogs and my fishes.
Money saving were it is possible is important for me.
In germany the energy costs are higher than in USA.

 

[DDK]

In my opinion its cheaper just to run one large return than a small return and clutter your tank up with a bunch of powerheads.

Slower flow rates filter more effectively. Faster flow rates filter water less effectively, the trade off is that you're filtering and moving more water.

If your sump is large enough and has enough media it shouldn't matter.

Life's too short to worry about spending $5 extra per month to run a properly sized return pump.

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Yep this. I had a 3000gph pump in my 220's sump and my energy bill shot up about 45 dollars a month lol. Got two giant power heads a smaller pump for the sump (800gph?) and way more cost effective and a ton more quiet.

 

[2ringcreatures]

Calculate the water volume in your tank then x 10
u should be having your tank water cycled best 10x per hour
base on 60"x30"x30",your tank water should be 884 litres.
get a pump around 10,000l/h should be good enough.
y 10,000l/h and not 8000l/h???
cos U will need to take into consideration of the head loss.