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Old 12-19-2008, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by StirCrazy View Post
yup, both are very important, thats why a lot of though goes into how to set up flow in the tank. but a good compromize is to stuff as much flow as you can with out blasting anything, so lots and lots of dispursed turbulant flow.

I had about a 120X turnover in my 94 gal, but you could put your hand anywhere and it was just a gental flow which also kept stuff in suspension which is the key.

Steve
Yep, good points.
Same reason I have a huge flow through the sump, it was desinged and partitioned for it
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