crvz
03/23/2006, 10:36 PM
i want to change the flow in my tank over the next few weeks and was hoping for some suggestions on different methods of doing so. I am not sure a closed loop is in the cards (or to be honest, what all the details are for a closed loop, does anyone know of a good link explaining this idea?), but i've just taken out my sand bed and want to make a few hardware changes. My current 58 gallon tank has a number of maxi-jets and a return flow from the sump, but thats it. I would like to eliminate the maxijets entirely and get something of higher quality.
My return pump is a mag-drive 18, which is likely giving me about 900gph after head loss (through a chiller). With that, i was thinking of adding a couple of Seio to run flow across the bare-bottom and then maybe a Tunze Stream pump to supply flow across the midway section of the tank (blowing into the return flow). I currently dont have much in the way of corals in the tank, but hope to add a few various frags (keeping in mind that the flow i'm thinking about in this size tank is potentially extensive). Does anyone have recommendations for these products. And if anyone has experience with both, is the price of the Tunze Stream equipment justified over the Seio brand? I'm tired of buying low quality equipment only to upgrade 6 months later, so if one thing is substantially better than the other i'd much prefer to buy it from the start. Let me know if my inquiries are not clear, i'll be happy to clarify!
My return pump is a mag-drive 18, which is likely giving me about 900gph after head loss (through a chiller). With that, i was thinking of adding a couple of Seio to run flow across the bare-bottom and then maybe a Tunze Stream pump to supply flow across the midway section of the tank (blowing into the return flow). I currently dont have much in the way of corals in the tank, but hope to add a few various frags (keeping in mind that the flow i'm thinking about in this size tank is potentially extensive). Does anyone have recommendations for these products. And if anyone has experience with both, is the price of the Tunze Stream equipment justified over the Seio brand? I'm tired of buying low quality equipment only to upgrade 6 months later, so if one thing is substantially better than the other i'd much prefer to buy it from the start. Let me know if my inquiries are not clear, i'll be happy to clarify!