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Old 01-12-2009, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by robzilla View Post
here's the list of pumps that i have for flow in my 120. not many corals, mostly softies as the angel eats the nice ones..

tunze 6000 1850 g/h
koralia 4 1200 g/h
seio m820 820 g/h
MaxiStream modified Maxijet 1200 (not sure of exact but) 800 g/h
rio 2500 return 782 g/h

i'm running bare bottom.
your thoughts?
The Maxistream will give you a lot more than 800 gph if it's working properly and the Rio 2500 return will give you a lot less than 782 gph after headloss.

I agree that flow patterns are more important than numbers and going bare bottom with softies defeats the point of having no substrate in the first place: mega-crazy flow. A low flow BB tank will at least easily show you where all the crap is pooling up.
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