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Old 01-10-2013, 03:51 AM
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You ideally want 3 to 5 times turnover per display tank. Flow can be supplemented in the display with powerheads. Before I was always big on tons of flow through sump even. Until recently tried to match water flow through skimmer with sump turnover, in doing so slowed my system a ton and getting way better skimmer performance and can't see any ill effects.
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