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Pet Forum / Aquaria / Marine Reef / May 2007wavemaker in a 50 gal reef
I bought this setup for my 50 gallon reef. It replaced 2 power sweep power heads. http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Product/Prod_Display.cfm?pcatid=12061&N=2004+113782 model 1200. (3 x 295 gph) Only 2 power heads are on at any given time, but wow, talk about water movement. I bought the 1200 system as I thought that the more flow the better. I'm having second thoughts now, perhaps I should have gone with a bit less flow. I've steered the flow towards the top of the tank for now to limit the beating the livestock was taking. My question is: Do you think this is too much flow for a 50? The livestock is 2 bubble tip anenomes, (My one split about 2 months ago) several soft corals including mushrooms, star polyps, colt, etc. and 2 LPS, Hammer and Open Brain. Thanks, Cliff You are looking at 300 and 600 gph on a 50 gallon reef tank. 300 gph is not too much. 600gph might be a problem. My suggestion is to use outlet 1 and 2 as normal, and then do somethig with outlet 3 powerhead to reduce water flow. You can then slowly increase water flow from outlet 3 pump as you feel comfortable. Wayne Sallee Wayne's Pets Wayne@WaynesPets.com HammerTime wrote on 5/17/2007 11:27 AM: > I bought this setup for my 50 gallon reef. It replaced 2 power sweep > power heads. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Cliff > You are looking at 300 and 600 gph on a 50 gallon > reef tank. 300 gph is not too much. 600gph might be [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Wayne's Pets > W...@WaynesPets.com OK, I have turned the interval all the way down to 3 min but I think I'm going to do what you suggest. I'll use one of the power sweeps in outlet 3 turned all the way down. (it has variable flow) Thanks Wayne, I appreciate your advice. Cliff |
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