sump question

[portelli]

I have a space in my sump for a refugium. But the flow through it is too fast. Any idea's on how to slow it down?

[Frisco]

The turnover rate is dictated by two things, flowrate and volume. If you want to reduce this, you'll have to get a bigger sump, reduce your return pump flowrate, or partition the sump and divert some of the water from the overflow past the section that contains the refugium. And I guess another alternative is to add a second connected sump, again such that most of the water doesn't enter the one that contains the refugium.

[dwhit0102]

i don't know

[Brandon's Reef]

get a small piece of acrylic and cover most of the flow up then just let a little by thereby slowing down your flow

[dwhit0102]

Brandon look at the year they posted this

[Blown 346]

WOW. back from the dead, lets hope he figure out his flow problem.