What's a good return rate???

[VJ&POOPS]

What's a good return rate, with a 500-700gph flow rate?

Thanks

 

[noodleman]

well how big is your tank?

 

[nanoreefer22]

How much flow can your overflow handle?

 

[House of Laughter]

500-700 gph



House

 

[DEEPWATER]

what are you goin gto keep in your tank ,SPS ONLY ,LPS ,Softies
what size return are you going to use for what size tank.

 

[VJ&POOPS]

Thanks all for your reply...

Noodleman - the tank is 75 Gallons

Nanoreefer22 - the overflow will handle up to 600 GPH

House - ???? flow rate = return rate?

Deepwater - haven't decided it is so far a fish only tank but will go for a full reef will start off with most likely LPS. Size of return not sure - overflow has a 1" flow. Sump size (debating here 10 Gallons/20 Gallons)

 

[DEEPWATER]

500 to 600 as far as return ,then you can put some power heads to make a wave actionin your tanks ,too much flow for LPS is not good.

 

[VJ&POOPS]

500 to 600 as far as return ,then you can put some power heads to make a wave actionin your tanks ,too much flow for LPS is not good.

I have a powerhead already in the tank pushing about 250-270 gph, tank length is about 4 feet, thinking about adding another powerhead to push about 100-120 gph, is this wise?.

Thanks
Rudy

 

[DRZL]

I have a bunch of LPS in my 36G including blastos acans micros, torches, frogspawn, scolymia, echino w/ 110x time turnover and they are happy

IMO flow is a extremely overlooked subject, I think u need a helluva lot more than what you got going I would put at least 3 MJ 1200 to keep everything moving and detritus from settling on the rocks

a 700 GPH return is what mosty people have and usually what stock overflows can handle.

If I were to do it again Id have dual external overflows on my 36G (700GPH each) opposed to my one, it helps keep surface water agitated and thats good for gas exchange

 

[Tonyscoots84]

true dzrl.. even with one overflow i believe your gettin enough gas exchange in the sump anyways... but the more the better.

 

[VJ&POOPS]

Now I am tempted to go bankrupt, I can only imagine the price for the pump to support a return with 2 overflows. I may very well need it since the sump will be 30 Gallons.