LF Barracuda

[untamed]

Ha..ha... Oh, you are looking for a pump. I just jumped on because I saw 2" barracudas for sale at Big Al's in Richmond the other day for about $30ea. Cute little guys...but I would be very interested to see the tank of the person who wants to keep a barracuda over the long term.

Geez, even I wouldn't do that.

I think these fish have an undeserved reputation, but still....it is going to grow up to be....what...4-5 feet long, high speed predator?

[Rbacchiega]

real baracudas? Or freshwater ones? Either way...rad RAD fish

[Ron99]

Real saltwater ones. I saw them too and was pretty unimpressed. I don't think this is the kind of fish that should be sold to anyone except a very select few with supersized tanks.

[FlamesFan]

damn im curious what your doing with a baracuda pump on a 90g (if thats where it's being used). I have a snapper on my 90g and it's clocked way back to maybe 30% in two return lines.

[Rbacchiega]

I'll be using a barracuda on a 50 gallon
But it's also got to pump water up about 7 feet into two separate frag systems as well as through the wall to the display tank where it will be split in two. NOOOOOOO powerheads going in this beast.

I've got 89X the turnover in my 90 gallon which is a mixed reef. The 50 gallon will be all higher end SPS and a pimped out system

[FlamesFan]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

I'll be using a barracuda on a 50 gallon
But it's also got to pump water up about 7 feet into two separate frag systems as well as through the wall to the display tank where it will be split in two. NOOOOOOO powerheads going in this beast.

I've got 89X the turnover in my 90 gallon which is a mixed reef. The 50 gallon will be all higher end SPS and a pimped out system

cool stuff.

[golf nut]

Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

I've got 89X the turnover in my 90 gallon which is a mixed reef.

8000+ gallons an hour?

[Rbacchiega]

actually it's closer to 82x...my mistake. And that's only when the Vortech mp40 is running full blast, which isn't very often. I'd still estimate anywhere between 75-80X tank volume is moving around in there... There's a guy on RC with 120 something times the rotation...!

Koralia 4: 1200gph
3x Koralia 3: 2550gph
Sedra Return (4.5ft head): 625gph
Vortch mp40 (if run full blast) 3000gph