What size pump to use?

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Originally Posted by Tarolisol

Havent purchesed my 4-way yet, but as far as i know it will do one full rotaion in 1min. Actully ive heard people say they wish it would move faster. But im ok with the timing as it is. You think 3000gph is enough or tomuch. Also it only has to go up about 4 or 5 feet.

I have come to the point of thinking that a switching return is almost a waist of time when you look at the cost involved. I personaly am back to the point that instead of recreating a area where the waves crash and pound but rather a tidle surge area where you have a strong current that is predomantly in one direction with the odd eddy (like the ocean side of the reef) but you have to see if there is a max flow rate the switcher can handle and base it off of that. another important thing to find out is how big the internal passages are and how many will be open at once as this will determin the max flow rate you can put through it and going with a bigger pump would be a waist of money.

Steve