how many times a hour should the water go through the sump?

[Zoaelite]

It does? how does that work, it is a filter, why so much flow the water falls out of the overflow box at a constant unless you are running a siphon ?

Water flowing out of an overflow box is proportional to the amount of water going into your tank... from your return pump, as that level increases more will flow out of the overflow box. More flow through a filter means that more particulate will be captured. This is a very simple concept, no need to be snarky if you can't understand it.

As Jack Nicholson would say "you can't handle the truth"

I'm not touching that one...

as compared to what?

As compared to not getting any skimmate at all, If I didn't have positive results out of my skimmer I would assume something is wrong. I'm getting positive results so I'm assuming my mode of skimming is correct.

Of course you will, if you slow it down by half the surfactants delivered to the skimmer will be double in the same time frame

Magically more surfactant is generated because less water is getting to the skimmer? Do you read what you write before posting?

This is my last post on the topic, as I don't enjoy arguing in circles.

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

This is my last post on the topic, as I don't enjoy arguing in circles.

I was going to say just let it go. Our PM's have followed a similar path.

[golf nut]

I may as well talk to a couch....

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by Mr OM

I may as well talk to a couch....

Or two couches for that matter .

[Bloodasp]

la di dah. just make sure it doesn't slow down to a trickle and not too fast that the equipment in your sump are tumbling around.