whats you flow?

JDigital · #1 12-11-2009, 06:13 AM

^^ Not really.. water stays in the tank, that's all that matters to me.. That's on a braceless/trimless tank as well. Its also 98% SPS too... thought about adding another K1 or K2, but no point now that my new tank is coming.

manaf · #2 12-11-2009, 06:14 AM

oo okay thats good to hear what would be too much flow?

JDigital · #3 12-11-2009, 06:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by manaf

oo okay thats good to hear what would be too much flow?

When the sand starts to lift into the water column... or the tips of my SPS start to burn.

shrimpchips · #4 12-11-2009, 06:25 AM

I'll play!

20g DT
150 gph return (Eheim 1250)
500 - 2000 gph Vortech MP-20
650 - 2150 gph = 33 ~ 108x Turnover

lobsterboy · #5 12-11-2009, 06:57 AM

i added a sieo pump rated at 1000 gph.

so its something like 11,950 gph now.

es355lucille · #6 03-13-2011, 07:12 AM

Lobsterboy started this back in 2009......and I find the data very interesting to see the turnover rate in all of your displays. So lets update our data in this link and keep it going. I see that many people in the past that input data have increased the amount of flow in their displays....it will be interesting to see what they look like now.

1. Please give your type of tank: Mixed Reef / SPS / Softies
2. Tank Volume (display only)
3. Pumps and GPH rating
4. Turnover rate (GPH Grand Total / divided by display volume)

Mixed Reef - Sofies and SPS
140 Gallon Display
2 x MP40 Vortech - 6400 gph
Tunze 6055 - 1500 gph
Koralia 3 - 850 gph
Mag 18 return Pump - 900 gph

Total 9650 / 140 = 68.9 X Turnover

lobsterboy · #7 03-13-2011, 07:20 AM

nice blast from the past

I am running a whomping 0 times per hour right now

whatcaneyedo · #8 03-13-2011, 07:48 AM

1. Please give your type of tank: Mixed Reef
2. Tank Volume 120gal
3. Pumps and GPH rating: Mag 12 (1200gph) and Reeflo Dart (3600gph)
4. Turnover rate: 29x/hr according to the head loss calculator on RC

1. Please give your type of tank: frag trough
2. Tank Volume: 100gal
3. Pumps and GPH rating: Reeflo Dart (3600gph), Mag 3 (300gph), Koralia 4 x2 (1400gph), Koralia 1 x2 (400gph), Iwaki 70 (1500gph @4')
4. Turnover rate... ~60x/hr? after head loss

abcha0s · #9 03-13-2011, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by es355lucille

1. Please give your type of tank: Mixed Reef / SPS / Softies
2. Tank Volume (display only)
3. Pumps and GPH rating
4. Turnover rate (GPH Grand Total / divided by display volume)

1. Tank will be SPS dominated. May be somewhat of a mixed reef.
2. 300g
3. 2xTunze 6205, 2xVorTech MP60, 1xTunze Wavebox, 2xEheim 1262 (returns)
4. With all of the pumps running at Maximum flow, the turnover is over 100X

Average turnover is probably somewhere around 60X

- Brad

dave_C · #10 03-13-2011, 08:32 AM

1. Please give your type of tank: Mixed Reef / SPS / Softies
2. Tank Volume (display only)
3. Pumps and GPH rating
4. Turnover rate (GPH Grand Total / divided by display volume)

It's always interesting to see what other reefers do
here's what i run on my home tank
1) mostly sps tank
2) tank volume is around 440 ish
3.1) reeflo sapper for return(1800 ish after head lost)
3.2) reeflo hammer head for close loop(5900 gph)
3.3) 6 mp40w (19200 gph)
3.4) 8 tunze 6055(11624 gph)
3.5) 2 tunze wave boxes(i think it's around 6400 gph)
4) at max flow about 102x hour

i would think average is around 70x hour