New Reef

[mr_alberta]

I dunno. Link works for me? Anyone else having trouble loading the link?

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by sumpfinfishe

Here's my 27gl under NO's

when are you going to get rid of thoes NO's and move to MH a couple DE 150HQIs would be awsome on that tank.

Steve

[Ryan]

Stircarz you are crazy if this set up has been working for him for 7 years and his tank looks that good why would he switch? Kinda seems silly to me. Mind you i am not a big SPS guy.

[StirCrazy]

[sumpfinfishe]

Hey Steve:
You work on the boat don't you,
well if the ship's not sinking then why abandon it
Or maybe your just jealous of how well my purple bottlebrush looks

Ryan:
If you PM me with your ?'s I would be glad to give you any input, and thanks for the comments

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by sumpfinfishe

Or maybe your just jealous of how well my purple bottlebrush looks

Nope, actualy I was noting the lack of even color and if I want my coral to look that blue I can load up the atinics like anyone else but I like them to look Blue (or what ever color) when the lights are off also.

Steve

[mr_alberta]

Hi Sumpfin,

What is that coral in the center of your tank, next to you Acro (to the right)? It looks like it has an encrusted base, and a thin stalk and is pink.

[mr_alberta]

Ryan, I've changed the link so that just a picture shows up now rather than the whole page describing the system.

[Ryan]

I got the link to work That seems like a good system. I will probaly do that. What do u supose the size of pump i use?

[mr_alberta]

Well, it all really depends on how far you need to pump the water and whether or not you will have any other sources of flow in your tank. If you want everything to be done with one pump (not the best idea) then you'd obviously need a larger pump. However, if you will have other sources of flow (be it from closed loops or powerheads) then you can get by with a smaller pump.

Personally, on your 33G (assuming that you are using a standard 30" tall stand, using a SCWD and the manifold as described above), I would use either a Mag 9.5 or Mag 12 if you needed to run the pump in the sump, or a nice small pressure rated external pump like a Little Giant 4MDQ-SC, or CSL T3. If you really want to splurge and spend $$$ on a nice pressure rated pump, you could do an Iwaki 40RLT. The reason I oversized the pumps a bit was from the fact that the SCWD and all those elbows and tees add a lot of headpressure to the pump.