how much water flow do you have?

harleymike

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Nov 11, 2012
Location
Courtright, Ontario
Just curious. How much water flow do you have in your tank, including return lines from the sump and how big is the tank.
I have a total of about 3000 gph in my 125 gallon.
 

Poseidon

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May 15, 2012
Location
SW Ontario
2 wp40's and a mag 18 return on a sea swirl... not sure what that works out to, but i have decent flow in my 150g tank
 

spyd

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Jan 31, 2011
Location
Kitchener, Ontario
If my pumps and powerheads ran full, I would be at 13,700 GPH in my 180G display. I run 2 x Tunze 6101s (Rated up to 3170 GPH each), 1 x Tunze 6105 (Rated up to 3434 GPH), 1 - Koralia 1400 (1400 GPH) and my HY10000 Return pump is rated for 2600 GPH. My return pump runs fully open but it also runs my reactor and you have head pressure loss from the plumbing to add into the equation. My Koralia runs full 24/7 but my Tunzes alternate. 1 fully on, 2 at 1/4 speed or 2 fully on, 1 at 1/4 speed, switching every second or two. So probably figure a good 6,000 to 8,000 GPH at any given time roughly.
 

curiousphil

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Apr 15, 2013
Location
London, Ontario
90 gallon tank:

Mag 18 return that also supplies a reactor - rated 1800GPH but probably get ~900-1000GPH after head loss and flow diversion
WP-40 wavebox - rated 3400 GPH, but pulses on/off
WP-24 on other mode - rated 2100 GPH, averages maybe 12-500?
Koralia 1150 - 1150 GPH

So maybe around 6000GPH, conservatively.  May be overkill, I dunno... rips the flesh off LPS if I place them wrong (citing the open brain specifically).
 

dale

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Jan 24, 2012
Location
Sarnia, Ontario
2 koralia 1400s and a 1050 and a water blaster 1300 gph return at around 900 gph,, so... around 4700 in my 100g fowler..
2 wp 25s 1 on wave action and the other goes fast to slow n back.. no idea what the flow is..in my 65g reef
 

Duke

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Sep 20, 2011
90 gal , wp-40, tunze 6045, jebeo 3100gph return pump.


i run the wp-40 on wave 1 at full speed during lights on, the tunze runs 24/7 and my return runs at 70% 24/7
 

theyangman

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May 22, 2013
Location
London, Ontario
2 Vortech MP40's, 2 Koralia 1400's, and a Tunze Wavebox 6215. Plus my mag 18 return I have a solid 1.5 inch wave going lengthwise and the 4 power heads shoot front to back
 
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