Skimmer GPH?

[tritan]

How many GPH should the pump for a 250 rated Skimmer in a 110 gallon tank be?

 

[fastrd400]

Depends. What brand skimmer are you running?

 

[tritan]

Old school: Red Sea Berlin Classic Protein Skimmer

I couldn't seem to find any info about its pump.

 

[fastrd400]

Did it come with a pump? It really does not say on the site, but shows a Berlin Turbo pump in the PDF manual.

 

[tritan]

It originally did but apparently crapped out and I bought my tank and equipment second hand so I am trying to get it running.

 

[fastrd400]

See if you can find something like a Mag 5 to run it.

 

[tritan]

Cool, I see the Mag 5 is about 500gph. I guess my real question is if there is a minimum and/or maximum that can or should be pushed through a skimmer of this size.

Also, thanks for the help.

 

[fastrd400]

It doesn't really say, you may even get by with a Mag 3

 

[fastrd400]

Go with the Mag 5, looks like the original pump was about the same GPH

 

[tritan]

Great! Sounds good. Lastly, what would you suggest for return pump(s)?

 

[fastrd400]

how many over flows?

 

[tritan]

2 sets of overflow/returns (1 overflow, 1 return per set). Kinda like this:

 

[fastrd400]

I am running a pair of Mag9.5 for my dual overflows. That should give you plenty of turn over.