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08-20-2007, 06:08 PM
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Hypothetical reef tank
I'm debating tearing down my 24g nano for a longer, and shorter tank. I want to get some feedback in regards to flow, and what options I may have with a smaller system.
The system I am thinking of creating would be approximately 3ft in length, 18" in depth, and 15" tall, but I would restrict the water height to 1ft. This would put the display at about 42g before the overflows are in. I would like dual overflows, and possibly 4 returns. My goal is to get as much flow as possible through the system. What would you recommend I do, or use to create a variety of random currents throughout the tank. The tank, as mine is now, would be SPS and clam dominated. 
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08-20-2007, 07:45 PM
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For a suggestion this might be a bit "out there", but what about an up/down style gyre tank? You'd need a taller tank of course but if you hid the bottom part you could have those dimensions and have a pretty neat flow effect..
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08-20-2007, 08:16 PM
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tell me more...this sounds quite interesting!
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08-20-2007, 08:58 PM
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Mainly, the idea is to capitalize on the idea of a whirlpool in a tank. If you put a divider in the tank then you get nearly-laminar type flow (or whatever the right term is) on each side of the divider. So, say if you had a platform style divider, you could build the reef on this part, but hide your powerheads in the bottom part, use a wavemaker and then you have something I bet the corals would totally dig.
try this link for some reading (hopefully it jumps forward to the right section, if not, just search on "gyre"): http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2007/1/aafeature#h5
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08-20-2007, 10:25 PM
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Cool! Thanks. I now have a whole bunch of ideas that I didn't previously have.
I wonder how I could accomplish some of these, while maintaining a low system volume. Have you ever built one yourself?
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08-20-2007, 10:28 PM
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I haven't but I want to, if for no other reason than to put my gorgs in it because how-cool-would-that-be to see them wave back and forth like they're supposed to?
 kwirky tried making one, here's the thread about it: http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=31686
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