water flow rate - Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board

07-11-2005, 02:53 PM

mr_alberta mr_alberta is offline

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For an SPS tank, I wouldn't do something as low as 3x. Try to do at least 10 - 15x.

Personally, on my 60G cube, I run about 3700GPH total turnover which is ~62x or so? As long as the flow is dispersed and not coming out like a jet it'll be fine.

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