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Originally Posted by cav~firez22
Marc,
With the snapper at 1/3 on both lines, there is alomst no flow. yes, after a day or two the bubbles would dissipate. but there would be next to no flow in the tank.
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Wow, a day or two ? they should dissapate in less than a half hour.
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Originally Posted by cav~firez22
there is no fluval running on the system at all.. in the pic its just hose running from a 802, through a uv steralizer, and back to the tank.
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Oh, ok. none the less they should also be returned to the first or second chamber.
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Originally Posted by cav~firez22
I am unable to find the socks to fit this sump here in kelowna so im gonna have to order them up.
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These will make a world of difference for you im sure.
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Originally Posted by cav~firez22
My main tank flow is now the problem. when i bought this, i bought it because i did not want to use power heads anymore, and was told this would be the route to take.
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This still is the route to take,but it is impossible to get the flow on any reef tank up to snuff through the return pump alone.
if it was a reef ready set up you purchased, likley it has only one or two at most 1" drains....these can account for at most about 6-700 gph on average each with a passive flow. on yours that means about 1/3 of your snapper is being used.
Any more is too much and will cause problems.
safe to say most reef tanks will be a minimum of 20x turnover rate...youd never achieve this with a return pump.
So, you WILL need additional in tank current, i would consider using tunze`s or koralia`s, vortechs to achieve the additional flow you need.
So with these in place return pump flow is only enouph for surface skimming.(no oil slick on top).