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Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat
To high sump flow will lead to microbubbles. But won't affect the skimmer. Not all the sump flow flows through the skimmer.
besides, 1200GPH is about tops for 18" of overflow
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It's 18" that dips 2.5" down. Pretty sure it can handle way more than that. The guy said the tank could turn over the water 30x with this setup if needed. Thanks for the thoughts on this guys, Im not really sure what Im going to do in terms of plumbing yet. I just made sure the tank was built in a way that I could basically do whatever I wanted with it.
Right now Im planning on running my sump at about 1200-1400 GPH (depending on how much head loss I get from my 1600 GPH pump) through the sump and then likely buy koralias for the rest of my flow needs. (the tank is 165G as a reminder) If, down the road, I do want to get rid of the koralias I could run a closed loop off of an exterior pump and use the return holes for my flow and have no hardware in the tank. That could be pretty cool.