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Jason McKenzie · 04-30-2006, 06:14 PM

I don't really believe in tank turn over per hour as a measure of good flow. I find it is as abstract as Watts per gallon.

I don't even know what the ideal tank turn over is, but I think you can have 1000GPH in a small tank and still not have good flow.

I'm using a Oceans Motions 4-way oceansmotions
Not sure if you are familiar with its function, but it will be used to rotate the full 5500 GPH from the Hammerhead pump through each of the closed loop "steps"

I have found that many tanks are set up with powerheads on each of the ends of the tank. whether they are Tunze Streams or maxijets. Each PH that opposes another one can be cancelled out. This way with the 4-way water is moving in one direction at a time so the effect of 5500 gallons is not wasted fighting another jet of water.

J

04-30-2006, 06:14 PM	#62 (permalink)
Jason McKenzie 3reef Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Vancouver, BC,Canada Posts: 4,258 Karma: 2650	I don't really believe in tank turn over per hour as a measure of good flow. I find it is as abstract as Watts per gallon. I don't even know what the ideal tank turn over is, but I think you can have 1000GPH in a small tank and still not have good flow. I'm using a Oceans Motions 4-way oceansmotions Not sure if you are familiar with its function, but it will be used to rotate the full 5500 GPH from the Hammerhead pump through each of the closed loop "steps" I have found that many tanks are set up with powerheads on each of the ends of the tank. whether they are Tunze Streams or maxijets. Each PH that opposes another one can be cancelled out. This way with the 4-way water is moving in one direction at a time so the effect of 5500 gallons is not wasted fighting another jet of water. J _________ started 8/7/02 370G 3x400W MH + 8X36W T5. ZEOvit System, Bubble king 300Ext, PM CAreactor, 2x Wavy Seas for return. OM 4-Way Closed loop. My Tank Thread Try a Search to see if your question has already been posted My Tank Blog