water flow options in 20 long

chandlerchris · 09-22-2006, 02:00 PM

Hey guys and gals. I would like to get more natural flow in my 20 gallon long. My return is an Iwaki md-20rlt. I currently have 1 more crappy pump. My question is this:

Should i put a tunze 6060 in there, an eductor on my return nozzle, or buy a maxi jet and put the little 360 degree rotating ball thing on the end of it? Any other suggestions would be helpful too.

chandlerchris · 09-22-2006, 04:09 PM

woah!!! slow down one at a time i cant hear all of you at the same time!!!

afbengochea · 09-22-2006, 04:22 PM

dont worry about using enductors, i think they are best for longer tanks. They flow also depends on what ur planning to keep in the tank (coral-wise)

chandlerchris · 09-22-2006, 04:38 PM

It is an LPS tank with the occasional beginner friendly SPS. I've had luck with growth on every type of coral ive had in there i would just like a little more flow to help keep the detritus suspended in the water column.

afbengochea · 09-22-2006, 04:42 PM

well the maxi with the spinning tip supposedly gets jammed from time to time. U could probably get a maxi and mod it like in the other thread or maybe get a seio ph

hng · 09-22-2006, 05:21 PM

Sounds like that's aheck of a lot of flow for a 20 gal tank. I'm not sure you could keep a sandbed down with that much flow planned. For LPS, I would think that you had enough flow already. I would just add a couple of maxijets pointed at each other in the top third of the tank for the SPS. That will also provide plenty of flow for the rest of the tank I think.