Leonardo's BB ShallowCube

[SPS(BB)]

I have a Siganus Puellus in 90x turnover and he does not seem to mind. He will jump into the 6100 stream just to swim it out. When I up it to 110-120x next month we will see how he does.

-Ian

[markjd]

I put the 2 x 6100's on my 120G this weekend. With my tank volume of about 400L, I have about 60x turnover. Just observed my tank moments ago and noticed what looked like a Siganus doliatus spinning torpedo I'm sure my fish will get used to the extra flow in time

[three90s&125sump]

Originally Posted by Wiskey

You want your overflow to run at a slightly higher pace then your skimmer feed speed. example, if your skimmer pulls water at 1300 GPH, you want your overflow running at 1400 GPH so very little water bypasses the skimmer


HTH,
Whiskey

I have to disagree with you on this but what do I know right I have sand in my tank.

I have about 8.25X turn over in my skimmer and only 7.4X turn over on my return pump.

[Leonardo's Reef]

Originally Posted by three90s&125sump

I have to disagree with you on this but what do I know right I have sand in my tank.

I have about 8.25X turn over in my skimmer and only 7.4X turn over on my return pump.

I think Wiskey is right... I want to be sure that my skimmer don't process already skimmed water. The only way to avoid that is a larger turnover on your sump than on the skimmer

- Leonardo

(I added some pictures to keep you guys (girls) entertained :P )

[Leonardo's Reef]

Result of 24 Hours wet skimming, I'm happy

- Leonardo

[Weatherman]

Originally Posted by Leonardo's Reef

I think Wiskey is right... I want to be sure that my skimmer don't process already skimmed water. The only way to avoid that is a larger turnover on your sump than on the skimmer

Either way will work just fine.

In fact, there are people who are willing to spend extra money to "process already skimmed water". They buy those recirculating skimmers. Whether the benefits justify the extra costs is debatable.

[three90s&125sump]

Originally Posted by Leonardo's Reef

I think Wiskey is right... I want to be sure that my skimmer don't process already skimmed water. The only way to avoid that is a larger turnover on your sump than on the skimmer

- Leonardo

He is right only if you have an underpowered skimmer.


Here is how I look at it. No skimmer is 100% efficient. So lets say that each skimmer is 80% efficient (although we know that is not true).

[Leonardo's Reef]

Got another Tunze 6100!! The flow is now 7555 gallon/hour. That's 88x turnover in my tank

Acro's will arrive Saturday, I'm ready!

Leonardo

[King-Kong]

Oh man, 88x! I'm at 69x.. I need to catch up!

[Wiskey]

That skimate looks great Leonardo Looks like the skimmer is working well for you.

Whiskey

[Leonardo's Reef]

Just took some pictures of the new frags and corals.

My starboads keeps getting covered with algae (brown film, short green hair) Is this a matter of time (new tank), or do I have to keep it clean? Do any of you guys need to clean the starboard?

Leonardo

[Leonardo's Reef]

There are some other corals, I don't have a close-up of them yet... I do have a FTS Please look at my question in the post above. The corals are a bit brown (dark), but the're already start to lighten up.

The other picture is my bubble coral while having dinner

Hope you like the pictures.

Leonardo

[Leverage Lad]

Sorry I don't know anything about cleaning star board but I love the look of your tank. keep up the good work.

[Little Luey]

Nice clean tank!

[Little Luey]

Nice clean tank!