Too much pump?

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  1. bama

    bama Humpback Whale

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    Today at the LFS there was a sale and I scored a Mag 9.5 for $50 brand new. Now this is going to be for my current project which is 30g reef with 15 gal sump/refug. Is this pump going to have too much flow for such a system running a 3 foot head?
     
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  2. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    The Mag 9.5 pond pump is rated at 950 gallons per hour (Googled it)

    for a reef set up , many people aim for 50 x the tank volume of water movement
    so for your tank thats 30 x 50 = 1500 gallons per hour of water movement

    so based on that, it would seem to me that its not to much pump but it may be to much movement from a single pump if it where all entering the tank from 1 direction

    if you have multiple outlets in your system so you can divide this flow over several locations then I dont think you have a problem

    Steve
     
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