Sump Turnover help please

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I got a 1200gph overflow 1”drains on this 50 gallon, return pump is pushing 796GPH. On this video there is an AI Nero 3 near the overflow pushing the surface too. If I turn off that Nero pump 30% of left side not much or surface agitation again this makes sense its a short long tank

It is a lowboy with large surface area, is the turnover enough? Should I get a stronger return pump? Seems like 14x turnover now but not sure if its because its bean animal (no air bubbles in sump) seems too calm lol

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It doesn't look too bad to me but having a stronger pump that is adjustable is never a bad thing. Maybe closer to 1k gph. Best of luck :)
 
Really doesn't look bad but a stronger DC pump wouldn't be a bad thing and you could dial it up or down as needed.
I've never really worried or even calculated any of my systems turn over rates. I just look at flow and how things like food blow around the tank. I have 2 redsea tanks one about 40g total and one 75g total and run two jebao dcp pumps. I think one is a dcp 3500 and the other a 5000. I've been more than happy with them for the price. No wifi but that's a non issue for me as I don't have a problem bending over to put them in feed mode and once adjusted I rarely change them.
 

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