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04-05-2005, 09:25 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: st paul
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water flow?
I have a few questios about flow in my tank(55gal), I have 2 170gph power heads 1 at each end.I also have a canister filter (350gph) returning out of a spray bar(dead center back glass flowing twards front glass) I run all 24-7 .Is this too much? should I run 1 powerhead at a time?any Ideas
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04-05-2005, 09:28 PM
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Kichi Saru!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: currently Nagaoka, Japan
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You can never replicate (sp.?) nature, so IMO you can never have enough flow. But there are other facters to be considered, such as what corals do you have/plan to keep, softies, lps, or sps?
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04-05-2005, 09:35 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: st paul
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I have a small hammer coral,small green bubble coral,pulsating xenia,ricordia polyps,small rock w/zoo's, green open brain,and some shroomz. |
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04-05-2005, 09:42 PM
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Kichi Saru!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: currently Nagaoka, Japan
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I would leave the flow how it is.
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04-05-2005, 09:44 PM
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Got Crabs?
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Woodbury, MN
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Your tank turnover is about 11-12 times an hour. You are plenty fine. My tank has about 38 times turnover and I would like more. Clownfishcrazy is correct about not being able to come close to replicateing flow in the natural enviorment.
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04-05-2005, 09:45 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: st paul
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everything likes it better since I added new powerhead, execpt green open brain any Ideas were he would like it?
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04-05-2005, 09:51 PM
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Kichi Saru!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: currently Nagaoka, Japan
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He would prefer a low flow area.
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04-06-2005, 10:04 AM
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Anti-Acan Activist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: St. Paul, MN
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Yep... I only have about a 35X turnover rate and need more.
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04-06-2005, 11:16 AM
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big fishy
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Mounds View
Posts: 941
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I just added a tunze stream to my system a couple of weeks ago which puts me at about 25x p/hour. Biggest difference I have noticed so far is that my skimmer is pulling more junk out of the water.
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Oceanic 85gal hex Seahorse tank.
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04-06-2005, 12:35 PM
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TCMAS Used 'Ta Be
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Anoka, MN
Posts: 2,119
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Yea I'm only pushing 43x and I need more.
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