300gal brute with sump above plumbing question

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So I need to move my 120gal out of my parents house so I set up a temp tank its a 300g brute with a 40g breeder above it. I have a jebao 18k plumbed in the tub pumping up to the 40 and 2 1" drains and a 3rd emergency drain drilled in the side. It keeps up pretty good but is there a way to get the water flow through the drains better? Here are some pictures of tge set up again its only temporary for like 4 months maybe. Any help or criticism is welcome

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Are your drains not keeping up with the pump? Can you use a ball valve to slow the pump a bit?
 
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I have the pump set to 75% and its keeping up just didn't know if there was a way to get the drains to drain faster lol
 

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More drains, larger diameter pvc, less 90 degree bends, powerhead attached ahead of drain to push flow rate
 

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It looks like that pump is flowing waaaaay to much water through the sump. I've never had surface agitation like that in a sump.
 

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