i think the water level will just be higher now, i dont think it will effect my flow. you cant really tell but its 2 inch high, and 1 ft wide. im only running about 600gph through my sump anyways. and another 600 through CL. i hope thats enough if not i can always add a powerhead in the back later on down the line.

1200GPH is only going to give you about 15x turnover... I'm guessing this is softies tank?

well for sps you need 20X. and lps can run with that. probably wont get to many sps, never have yet. and if i do i will just put them near higher flow areas. sps prefer water quality over flow alone.

I've always been told 45-60x for SPS plus good water quality. This advise comes from people like Snappy (Coral Master) who have amazing SPS tanks. But if you not gonna have SPS it don't matter.. :smile:

nope im not, maybe one or 2 at the most, and if i need to, i can always upgrade my pumps later on down the road. or add a MP-40 :biggrin:

Wow dude you work fast!!

But yea you wont have any fish making it past that.

yeah its because im not working right now, so i have to keep busy and i really want to get this thing filled with water.

and now thinking about my pumps, i kinda wish i had a stronger pump for the return, my drains can handle the flow, so at least i know in the future i can always upgrade to 1500 gph if need be.

Here it is with the background done, im liking it, but really because its deeper than im used to, im not really looking at the background alot. i also finish most of my manifold too, just waiting for my bulkhead to line it all up.

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i wish i had a nice camera like alot of you, then i could actually show what the tank looks like in person all i have is a HP Photosmart hahah oh well.

not really sure what to do here, i was just thinking instead of putting my return through the manifold i could use the 2 holes in the tank. the only thing i would be worried about it 1. that the CL is no longer a CL due to running through a manifold and 2. unless i put the nozzles pointing to the surface i would get alot of drainage from them, never used locline and was wondering if it would still drain all the way to that level.

Anyone know how to create a good syphon break in the return, considering that my 2 returns are quite a bit lower than the overflow?