cellowithgills Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Just wondering what people's turn over rate in their tank is and what equipment you're using. I just realized that I've got a lot of turn over. 106x turn over per hour Tank size: 55g Return: Rio Hyper Flow 26: 1590 GPH Powerheads: Sun Sun double: 3200 GPH Koralia 2: 600 GPH Koralia Nano: 450 GPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytshall Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 I've heard ideally you want your sump to turn over 10x a hour. This will allow your protein skimmer sufficient skimming ability. Overall though you want to be between 30-40X flow with the use of powerheads. I have a 120g and use a mag12 with 2 MP40 vortechs which do 1,000 to 3,200 gallons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moovinfast Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 240 gallon with 60gal and 55 gallon sumps. I'm at about 35x turnover in my display. But still not quite enough in my opinion. But I am about to add a wave to the tank that should hopefully help. My last tank had close to 60x turnover and I thought it was perfect. All assuming no loss anywhere Return Dart 3600 GPH Closed Loop Dart 3600 GPH Powerheads 2x K4s for 2400 GPH Total 8400 GPH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.R Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 8.9 in my cube and my 180 will be 12.11. This is just the return pump turn over and does not include PH's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 So you want to know total turnover rate, right? I was always under the impression that "turn over" was used to describe the flow thru your sump. And "flow rate" was to describe the amount in the display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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