Too much flow? 2x maxspect gyre 330 and powerfilter

[remy89]

Hi!

I'm wondering if I have too much flow in my aquarium. I have a Waterbox AIO 50.3 (160-170 liters).

From one of my earlier tanks I had a set of 2 maxspect gyre 330 pumps. Manual says they are individually good for 9000L/h. I don't run them for 100%, but approx 50% capacity.

On top of that, since I run the tank with the DSR method, my tank also contains a powerfilter. I have this one:

DSR Powerfilter up to 1000 liters of aquarium contains a Tunze Silence pump 1073.020 (200-2400 l / h) and a 25 mm PVC tube / basket.

This looks to me a bit overkill. The powerfilter is necessary for running DSR, but can I use 1 gyre instead of 2? Would that still be sufficient?

 

[blaxsun]

The gyres are overkill, yes. You want to augment flow anywhere from 10-40x your tank volume, so a max of 1600-6400 liters per hour. You may find that a single gyre @20-30% is more than sufficient.

 

[Gizmoreef]

Sorry to bring this back up, but can you show me some info on the powerfilter?

You think you would be able to fit it in the filter sock compartment of the sump?
Perhaps show some pictures?

I don't want to use filter socks.