Sump Flow Rate

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I've been wondering about everyone with slow sump rates. After looking around most people have stated that it's because the skimmer has to fully clear the water before it's moved. But I'm looking at it wondering why skimming to 0 organics is critical? Granted you want 0 organics in your system, but wouldn't feeding the skimmer with un skimmed water be most benificial? Water passing through the skimmer 2-3 times seems like a waste of skimmer time to me. Anyways, if there's other reasons I'd be more than happy to hear them. I agree that if you have a Skimmer->Fuge->Return then it should be slow for fuge flow. But if you run Skimmer->Return<-Fuge then it shouldn't matter should it?

Main reason for the question is that I'm setting up my new tank and have lots of play room on my return flow, and a 10x + turnover seems like it wouldn't be all that bad.