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Old 05-05-2007, 06:49 AM   #1 (permalink)
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My hubby has started a 20g SW. Right now until we get a skimmer we are running a filter with the carbon sponge sheets. We also have 20lbs Lr and a mj1200. Can anyone tell me for this size of tank how much flow is good and any other advice for small tanks?


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You should strive for a minimum flow rate of 10 times the tank volume per hour. So you would want to have at least a 200 gallon per hour turnover in a 20 gallon tank. This is a combination of the total flow rate of all filters and power-heads. Hope that helps John


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