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Old 07-18-2006, 12:22 AM
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Originally Posted by StirCrazy
thats only about a 55x turn over rate and thats not taking into account head loss through the sea swirls so I would say you could make that about a 40X turn over.. I would say that is a low water flow for a SPS tank personaly so it could have somthing to do with it.. I am running about 110X turn over in my tank and I think Brad is up around the same.

Steve
Delbeek, Sprung et all shoot for 40X overall... not that 110X is bad if you can manage a tank with that much flow... it all still pales in comparison to nature...
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