Let's Talk About Water Movement in an SPS Tank. - Page 10

five.five-six · 04/12/2008, 12:40 AM

somewhere along here I read a question about too much flow for fish, well I built a canyon in my standard 180 and have 3kgph pump blowing out the canyon (cool way to hide a 6100) point being I have seen my sohal and purple swim straight into the canyon, fish can handle a lot of flow

chercm · 11/29/2010, 04:45 PM

any comments on my current setup with 2x tunze 6105 with OR6500 on a 4x2x2 ft tank ?

gary faulkner · 11/29/2010, 10:08 PM

Should be plenty if not too much.

HTH

webersole · 09/02/2011, 08:34 PM

Water flow question: I have a 54g corner bow tank with SPS, LPS and Zoa. I have about 475gph from my return, a Hydor Koralia 3, and a Hydor Koralia 1.

Question 1: Is this enough, too much or not enough for SPS?
Question 2: Where would you position these for maximum coverage?
Question 3: How does this compare to an MP10 or MP40 for my tank?

Your comments are welcome.

Wayne

scionreefing · 09/02/2011, 09:50 PM

My setup is a 5ft 100 gallon. I have koralia wavemaker 2 with 2 k4's and 2 coralvue 1300 gph powerheads. I'm keeping mainly sps with zoas and very few fleashy lps mainly brains.

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pbnj · 09/02/2011, 10:57 PM

Two Magnum 8's and two Koralia 4's in my 135g tank. Purchased them all new (on sale) for half the cost of one MP40w.

I love when people go on and on about how great VorTech's are and how they're so much better because there are no powercords in the tank. The way I see it, if you (or others) are fixated on 3 inches of cord at the top of your tank, the tank itself must not be very appealing.

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acroholicreefer · 09/03/2011, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbnj

The way I see it, if you (or others) are fixated on 3 inches of cord at the top of your tank, the tank itself must not be very appealing.

great point. +1 to korallias!

scionreefing · 09/03/2011, 12:14 PM

Do you guys think I have enough flow for healthy sps?

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04/12/2008, 12:40 AM	#226
five.five-six Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Corona Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 6	somewhere along here I read a question about too much flow for fish, well I built a canyon in my standard 180 and have 3kgph pump blowing out the canyon (cool way to hide a 6100) point being I have seen my sohal and purple swim straight into the canyon, fish can handle a lot of flow __________________ Originally posted by yellowslayer13: "I hate that hole" Current Tank Info: SCMAS Member 225 peninsula euroreef RS180 Apex 400W X 3 20k radiums / Spectra mixed SPS

09/02/2011, 08:34 PM	#229
webersole Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: PA Posts: 125	Water flow question: I have a 54g corner bow tank with SPS, LPS and Zoa. I have about 475gph from my return, a Hydor Koralia 3, and a Hydor Koralia 1. Question 1: Is this enough, too much or not enough for SPS? Question 2: Where would you position these for maximum coverage? Question 3: How does this compare to an MP10 or MP40 for my tank? Your comments are welcome. Wayne __________________ Living and learning everyday. Current Tank Info: 54 gal reef tank

09/02/2011, 10:57 PM	#231
pbnj Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 381	Two Magnum 8's and two Koralia 4's in my 135g tank. Purchased them all new (on sale) for half the cost of one MP40w. I love when people go on and on about how great VorTech's are and how they're so much better because there are no powercords in the tank. The way I see it, if you (or others) are fixated on 3 inches of cord at the top of your tank, the tank itself must not be very appealing. ------------------------------- 135g 002.jpg 135g 003.jpg Last edited by pbnj; 09/02/2011 at 11:14 PM.

11/29/2010, 04:45 PM	#227
chercm Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 2,971	any comments on my current setup with 2x tunze 6105 with OR6500 on a 4x2x2 ft tank ?

11/29/2010, 10:08 PM	#228
gary faulkner Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,468	Should be plenty if not too much. HTH

09/02/2011, 09:50 PM	#230
scionreefing Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 344	My setup is a 5ft 100 gallon. I have koralia wavemaker 2 with 2 k4's and 2 coralvue 1300 gph powerheads. I'm keeping mainly sps with zoas and very few fleashy lps mainly brains. Raffle grabber

09/03/2011, 12:14 PM	#233
scionreefing Moved On Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 344	Do you guys think I have enough flow for healthy sps? Raffle grabber