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Hello, can someone please help with my issue. I feel like im losing my mind trying to figure it out. I recently bought a new Eshopps r-100 sump for a new 80 gallon tank. LFS owner recommended me to just get the small size sump since it's all I would need. Eshopps even rates this sump for 75 to 125 gallon tanks. Anyways, I have been having issues with the flow rate. I cannot increase the pump to a decent speed without the return pump going half way dry. I went back to the lfs ask for help and at the possibility of a refund. He blamed it on I was running the pump high. I told him i don't think so but I went back home to see if there was a way to see if I can measure the gph without a fancy sensor. I found out there was a way, get a gallon container measure the seconds it takes fill. use 60min x 60seconds/seconds it takes to fill = the gph. I can run it at 200 gph, any higher than not enough water is getting to the pump chamber. This would be 3 dots out of 10 on my jebao dcp-4000 (1056 gph max) controller for speed. When I turn on my skimmer, I have to lower it down to 2/10 on the controller. This is about 180 gph but even once in a while the pump sucks in air so I have run it lower if I don't want that to happen.
Equiment
Tank: Seapora 80 Gallon rimless reef ready tank. Dimensions: 48"x24"x16". Single overflow.
standard 1" drain and 3/4" outlet
Sump: Eshopps R-100 (3rd gen)
Return pump: Jebao Sine Wave DCP-4000 (Max Flow: 1056gph)
skimmer: Coralife 125g Super Protein Skimmer (used in sump)
Other things to mention:
- When everything is off, my sump is about .5 inch from being filled till the top.
- The loc line return nozzle is the absolute minimum depth for it not to spray outside and break the syphon quickly
- I did play with the adjustable skimmer baffle/door. Does not solve my problem
- I have minimum plumbing going on. I attached photo
Does anyone know why this us happening? is this sump just too small with not enough water volume? or is something odd how eshopps baffled this sump making it like this? im out of ideas. Again I feel like im going crazy and need an explanation.
Equiment
Tank: Seapora 80 Gallon rimless reef ready tank. Dimensions: 48"x24"x16". Single overflow.
standard 1" drain and 3/4" outlet
Sump: Eshopps R-100 (3rd gen)
Return pump: Jebao Sine Wave DCP-4000 (Max Flow: 1056gph)
skimmer: Coralife 125g Super Protein Skimmer (used in sump)
Other things to mention:
- When everything is off, my sump is about .5 inch from being filled till the top.
- The loc line return nozzle is the absolute minimum depth for it not to spray outside and break the syphon quickly
- I did play with the adjustable skimmer baffle/door. Does not solve my problem
- I have minimum plumbing going on. I attached photo
Does anyone know why this us happening? is this sump just too small with not enough water volume? or is something odd how eshopps baffled this sump making it like this? im out of ideas. Again I feel like im going crazy and need an explanation.